“And as I follow Will through…Ecotopia, I keep catching glimpses of a Berkeley I once knew. It was a world of experimental social and economic institutions: worker co-ops, consumer co-ops, food ‘conspiracies’ & communes. There were women’s groups; encounter groups that encouraged spontaneity, emotion & honesty; the nation’s first recycling program; organic gardening & a back-to-the-land movement; and a widespread recognition that the earth could not possibly sustain an ever-increasing population or an ever-expanding economy. Barricades were erected on streets to keep out automobiles; parents & teachers banded together to peel asphalt from the schoolyards to make space for trees & ponds; creeks were daylighted; backpacking, camping, bird watching & nature walks overtook football, baseball & golf as leisure activities. Authority – all authority – was distrusted.”

It goes on thusly. From Malcolm Margolin‘s Foreword to the 2014 edition of “Ecotopia.”