b'interconnected systems, we need pathways to personal and community reengagement that are comprehensible, empowering and peaceable. Thinking small is about restoring balance.The word restorative is not widely used. It seems to have been super-seded by the term regenerative, which is very much in vogue today in discussions of agriculture and economics. I wish we hadnt been so quick to discard the word restorative. Paul Hawkens The Ecology of Commerce evoked it: We have the capacity and ability to create a remarkably different economy, one that can restore ecosystems and protect the environment while bringing forth inno-vation, prosperity, meaningful work, and true security. E.O. Wilson chimes in, There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.Restoration is not only an ecological and economic act, but also an aesthetic act. Its an act of care. You have to slow down to restore some-thing. Its the opposite of haste making waste. To restore something is to take a stand against the culture of planned obsolescence, careless consumption, overloaded landfills and the allure of shiny objects. Restoration has something of affection about it.YOU REGENERATE A SYSTEM.YOU RESTORE A PLACE. 29'