"What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
T
his we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth.
All t
hings are connected like the blood that unites us all.
Man does not weave t
his web of life. He is merely a strand of it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to
himself."
-C
hief Seattle (1786-1866)