Take me for example; I am a stay-at-home mom right now (my kids are 2 and 8 months). I once completed over half of the coursework to become an elementary school teacher. Circumstances in my life at the time made it tough to continue my education. But, I come from a highly educated family (mother is a teacher with a masters, father is a college professor with a PHD, brother is a city planner with a masters) and I certainly don't lack the intelligence.

From what I can see I am quite different from the posters here - however, I really believe we must all band together to start initiating positive change. This is an issue that affects us all across the board, and it will take real cooperation of an unprecedented nature if we hope to increase our chances of a 'soft landing' for the human race.

I became aware of PO after my husband handed me The Long Emergency (quite an introduction to the subject!). I have been reading and learning from TOD (and elsewhere) for about 6 months now. I know mothers care deeply about the world we are leaving to the future generations. How can I look at my children and not be concerned about the future beyond next year, next decade, even next century???