I think we have powerful role-models among us in the American West. Certainly the Hopis, a timeless civilization that understands sustainability and what that means about living in harmony, in tandem with the natural world. We have much to learn from them, and they will survive us, I feel certain about that.
A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams (ed. Utah State Univ Pr, 2006) - ISBN: 9780874216349