A Quest for Quintessential Oprah S: Ee (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692215258)

Fail to teach, we lose our virtue. Fail to share, we lose our humanity. I hope the words I have chosen in A Quest for Quintessential Oprah inspire and make SYMBIOSIS the most important teaching moment ever. I would love to contribute, at the risk of sounding pretentious, I truly believe we are all here to make life better for everybody. I think every element of our lives including business should be ruled first by nature's instincts of love and compassion now, everyday because it is true and would ease the harshness of this manmade world. Because if we use the tools we have SYMBIOSIS (together living) is possible. I have been an activist since eighth grade, what I learned then obligated me to always work toward fairness. I am an island dweller, suburban, urban and rural, it yields many unique perspectives. Nature's laws are in complete focus, respect is quickly taught and human control is exposed as a grand illusion. On my journey, I've met hard challenges that make me grateful for the luck of second chances offered by the Universe. These days, I spend much of my time on a rural island in the Canadian Maritimes. There, I advocate and pioneer the building of beautiful homes with non-toxic, carbon capturing cellulosic masonry. Their walls naturally minimize the need for a heating or cooling energy source. With a carbon footprint of zero, they can easily exist in harmony with the earth for well over a hundred years. The structures after providing warm healthy shelter can be returned completely as soil nutrients. If we all learn to consider The Earth in what we leave behind, our descendants will be able to choose to live in these homes, upcycle them or return them to nourish The Earth. That's a choice I would love to leave for them as one contribution toward their future that I was lucky enough to offer.