Gaia hypothesis with James Lovelock and David Suzuki

Development

Development cannot be imposed from without. It is a creative social process and its central nervous system, the matrix which nourishes it, is located in the cultural sphere. Development is ultimately not a matter of money or physical capital, or foreign exchange, but of the capacity of a society to tap the root of popular creativity, to free up and empower people to exercise their intelligence and collective wisdom. It is the responsibility of those who aspire to exercise leadership, whether in government, or working educational, cultural, trade union, religious or other non-governmental institutions or associations, to protect the cultural, social and political institutions of society from the disintegrating forces of winner takes all market criteria.

Kari Polanyi Levitt