We are Facing the Greatest Threat to Humanity: Only Fundamental
Change Can Save Us Continued from previous page This would
require the meaningful involvement of those affected
communities, especially Indigenous groups, in designing and
implementing development strategies. Community-based governance
is another basic tenet of the Commons. Inspiring Successes
Around the Globe Another crucial tenet of the new paradigm is
the need to put the natural world back into the centre of our
existence. If we listen, nature will teach us how to live.
Again, using the issue I know best, we know exactly what to do
to create a secure water future: protection and restoration of
watersheds; conservation; source protection; rainwater and storm
water harvesting; local, sustainable food production; and
meaningful laws to halt pollution. Martin Luther King Jr. said
legislation may not change the heart but it will restrain the
heartless. Life and livelihoods have been returned to
communities in Rajasthan, India, through a system of r