The caterpillar is a necessary stage but becomes unsustainable once its job is done. There is no point in being angry with it and there is no need to worry about defeating it. The task is to focus on building the butterfly, the success of which depends on powerful positive and creative efforts in all aspects of society and alliances built among those engaged in them.

Elisabet Sahtouris, PhD, is a Greek American evolutionary biologist, speaker, author, futurist, and consultant on sustainability for businesses, government agencies, and other large organizations. She gives lectures and workshops on these topics around the world, and her primary goal is to promote sustainability in health and well-being for humanity and all living beings.