2. Huh...we've hit the earth's limits to feed us?

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5. BELIEVING IS SEEING

6. THE THREE S’s OF A SCARCITY-MIND Separateness Stasis Scarcity

7. SCARCITY MIND Not enough goods or goodness SPIRAL OF POWERLESSNESS Almost everything— from food to energy— is scarce Humans are selfish & competitive So we’re incapable of coming together for the common good Therefore we can’t trust government We must rely on the market, one bringing highest return to wealthy So wealth inexorably concentrates Concentrated wealth bends government to serve its ends Power inequities worsen & more people experience scarcity Fear, blame & competition intensify

8. “[T]he liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism….” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaking to the U.S. Congress, 1938

10. SCARCITY MIND ECOMIND Separateness Stasis Scarcity Connection Continuous change Co-creation TO

13. ECO-MIND Aligning with nature, there’s plenty of goods & goodness SPIRAL OF EMPOWERMENT Humans have the need & capacity for fairness, cooperation & efficacy So we’re capable of deliberative problem solving And we can remove the power of money from politics Freed from the grip of private wealth, government answers to citizens Democratically set rules ensure transparency & dispersion of power Markets remain open, competitive & life-serving “Living democracy” shapes rules aligned with nature, including our own Needs are met, fear recedes & trust grows

16. Women farmers pledge to protect the biodiversity conserved by their elders Photo: Deccan Development Society Part of a wider “nonpesticide movement” in 8,000 villages in Andhra Pradesh, India

18. Deb Simpson State Senator, ME

21. Citizens Participate in Governance Citizen Juries shape direction of agriculture, Mali Food Policy Councils collaborate on solutions, USA & Canada Village groups (w/10 million families) manage forests, India Municipal participatory budgeting engages citizens, Brazil & beyond

23. WITH AN ECO-MIND… It’s not possible to know what’s possible So we are free We are free to go for the world we want