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" ... [This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death.]
To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of
a future world in which humans and all other beings live in harmony and
mutual support -- a world of sustainability, stability, and confidence.
A world something like the one I described, so long ago, in Ecotopia and Ecotopia Emerging.
As I survey my life, which is coming near its end, I want to set down
a few thoughts that might be useful to those coming after. It will soon
be time for me to give back to Gaia the nutrients that I have used
during a long, busy, and happy life. I am not bitter or resentful at the
approaching end; I have been one of the extraordinarily lucky ones. So
it behooves me here to gather together some thoughts and attitudes that
may prove useful in the dark times we are facing: a century or more of
exceedingly difficult times.
How will those who survive manage it? What can we teach our friends,
our children, our communities? Although we may not be capable of
changing history, how can we equip ourselves to survive it? ... "
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