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Paul Hawken (in "To Remake the World") describes "the largest social movement in all of history" made up of "tens of millions of people willing to confront despair, power and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world."

He ends with,

Healing the wounds of the Earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party. It is not a liberal or conservative activity. It is a sacred act.

At Copenhagen the rhetoric will be thick and heavy. Nothing, however, will actually be done.

On one side is the science - math, physics, melting glaciers, CO2 ppm, etc. - on the other side is the economy. Most livelihoods depend upon constant economic growth of the system that is directly responsible for the destruction of the natural systems upon which our ultimate livelihoods depend.