“The notion that economic life is a distinct realm, governed by immutable laws of narrow self-interest, is giving way to a much older notion: economic life is only one strand in the rich web of human relationships.” WayGivingHumansSelfLawLife IsInterestRichEconomicNotionRealmsSelf InterestHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsStrandsGiving Way Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I think that fear of embarrassment is the essence of the human challenge.” ThinkingHumansChallengesEssenceEmbarrassment Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we believe in.” BelieveHumansMeanHuman BeingsWalking Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I read a book in the late 1990s called The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, by Erich Fromm, and it had a profound impact on me. Fromm takes Descartes' statement, "I think, therefore I am" and changes it to "I effect, therefore I am."” ThinkingHumansBookEffectsLateImpactProfoundStatementsAnatomyDestructivenessFromm Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Humans need to feel effective - to feel that we can "make a dent," as he puts it. So the art of living is to find expressions appropriate to our own uniqueness in which we can experience effectiveness.” NeedsFeelsHumansArtExpressionAppropriateUniquenessEffectivenessArt Of Living Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“In the late 1960s, there were alarming predictions that worldwide famine was around the corner. I wondered if humans had already lost the race, overrun the Earth's capacity. I let one question lead to the next, and unearthed information that would forever change my life: Not only is there enough food in the world to feed every man, woman, and child on Earth, there is enough to make us all chubby.” IfsMenWorldHumansChildrenEnoughEarthNextLostRaceForeverInformationLateCapacityCornersEvery ManPredictions1960sMen WomenFamineAround The CornerChanging My Life Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Beauty is created by fellow human beings, and enhanced because they are in relationship with each other.” HumansHuman BeingsFellows Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Approaches to growing food that align with nature changed human relationships.” HumansGrowingChangedApproachHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsGrowing Food Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.” NeedsHumansWholeHelpingBodyEarthChoicesSocietyBalanceConsciousProductionsSustainabilityHuman Needs Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping out other species, spoiling our nest. Yet on every continent a revolution in human dignity is emerging. It is re-knitting community and our ties to the earth. So we do have a choice. We can choose death; or we can choose life.” PeopleFirstsHumansRealEarthTimeChoicesCommunityAlivePlanetsRevolutionDignitySpeciesExtraordinaryKillingTiesContinentsOur PlanetEmergingNestsHuman DignityBiodiversityKnittingKilling Each OtherChoose LifeWiping Out Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem - and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people - but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.” PeopleWorldWayNeedsHumansImportantWholeHelpingProblemBodyEarthChoicesCoursesCausesResponsibilityBalanceEatingMouthsConsciousHungerProductionsSymbolsMeatFedsVegetarianGrainSymptomsTaking ResponsibilityDivorcedStarvingVegetarianismHuman NeedsIrrationalityWorld Hunger Author:Frances Moore Lappé