“In nature, there is no such thing as waste. Organisms consume; extract what they need for survival, growth, and reproduction; and discharge or leave behind what they cannot use. What remains becomes food for other organisms. This cycle means that someone`s waste is another`s resource.
But human beings have managed to think our way out of this cycle. The idea of human ‘domination’ of nature - not to mention domination of other humans - combined with an oversimplified, linear idea of ‘progress’ has taken us to new levels of arrogance about our place at the pinnacle of creation. Instead of using our capacity to think about coexistence, to take us to places of humility, inquiry, and wisdom, we have used it to become utterly unparalleled masters of wasteful consumption.”