Because the world is not flat. Because place matters. Because you need deep roots if you’re going to reach for the stars or you’ll fall over. Because the climate crisis. Because every problem is at its root an environmental one. Because devolution and decentralization > Davos and D.C. Because universal solutions don’t fix local problems. Because the eyes can’t see what the mind doesn’t know. Because our current paradigms don’t capture the complexity of the world. Because utopia does not exist and paradise is not elsewhere. Because paradise is the ground beneath our feet. Because we have only one planet and this is it.