Islands

So Brexit finally happened and the UK has left the European Union. This is deeply disappointing and a worrying sign of an island mentality that increasingly threatens the world – the same kind of thinking that props up Donald Trump and glorifies America First. If we care about the future, we must resist isolationism in all its forms. Openness and collaboration are the best way to ensure social cohesion and ecological flourishing in the world. Paradoxically, many island-nations are more open-minded and global, like the Azores archipelago, where I am travelling today to deliver a program on innovation for sustainability.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 2. Buy on Lulu ↗