@deadgerbil thats a big question with no easy answers but imagine this scenario.......as humans one of the overriding responsibility would be to tender the soil for the next generation. This change would lead to a healthier earth and humans. This dominant system we operate in is rapacious and sees nature as a commodity

@gol979 tending to the soil is a worthwhile pursuit. I'd assume big business is an aspect of the system you talk about. How do you get people in big business to side with you on this, when they tend to concern themselves with the short term profits to be had by exploiting the land?

@deadgerbil another massive question. How do you remove the dependency we all have on this system? I believe firstly it will come through a realisation that "representative democracy" is a sham and that (hopefully) power will devolve into smaller communities who have the knowledge of their local area. Look at the amazon pre european decimation.....a mountain of evidence that it was actually a "garden" tended by humans. Look up terra petra (self regenerating soil). We know what we need to do, we just have to have the courage to face up to it. The dominant system will put up a fight for sure but at some point we will have to face it