The physiocrats had an insight
that wealth is not created
by the laboring masses
by the butcher, brewer, or baker
by bankers, managers, rulers
by automated machines
by our schemes and avarice
But
by the minerals in the ground
by the waters in the seas
by the forests and the fields
by the air that we breathe
by the earth’s other denizens
So
by economizing energy
by conserving water
by stewarding the land
by preserving air quality
by protecting animals
we can sustain our future
and truly be wealthy
© 1973, Kenneth Koziol. All rights reserved.
