There are places where if you talk to a plant they’d think you’re crazy. But in our way, it’s just good manners. What would the world look like if a developer, poised to convert a meadow into a shopping mall, had to first ask the permission of the goldenrod and the meadowlarks and had to abide by the answer? 

~ Robin Wall Kimmerer

Quaking Aspens and Dandelions – photo by dropthepress, bigstockphoto.com