How will we live tomorrow?
“There is always another tomorrow. It never ends.”
Naomi Holloway, motel clerk, mother, pug owner, Brewster, WA
How will we live tomorrow?
“I think the biggest changes we are going to see in the next twenty years is in transportation. People are dialing into personalized aircraft.”
Devin Marks, Director of Lodging, Schweitzer Resort, Sandpoint, ID
How will we live tomorrow?
“I will live simply in the future (even more than now!) and live with others
cooperatively (which i already am doing) to preserve what we have left of our
energy supply. Also, grow most of my own food.
I have a goal of “divorcing” my car and just walk, ride by bike or use public
transportation now that i am retired.
Will continue to do volunteer work in my community within walking distance of
my home. Keep running bicycling, meditating and….”
Mary Naber, light treader on the earth, Spokane, WA
How will we live tomorrow?
“As a species, we are not doing so good.”
Criss, Yoke’s Market Cashier Sandpoint, ID
How will we live tomorrow?
“At the rate we’re going, there won’t be a tomorrow. We need another Tea Party. The first one didn’t work out too well. They’re all crooks.”
Brian, Sunday morning burger man, Noxon, MT
How will we live tomorrow?
“How we as a family will live tomorrow is to be more self-sufficient. That’s why we raise chickens and grow vegetables. Our goal is to pay our house off early.”
Francie Marks, mother, nurse, LDS member, Sandpoint, ID
How will we live tomorrow?
“My significant partner and I have just gotten involved in climate change. Coeur d’Alene hasn’t really started on that. We have lots of work to do.”
David Weeks, cyclist, Coeur d’Alene, ID
How will we live tomorrow?
“I hope that we live with more respect and spirituality. I fear we will live with less options and fewer freedoms.”
Stephen Courtney, photographer Los Angeles, CA
How will we live tomorrow?
“There will be flying cars and elevators to the moon.”
Liam Marks, middle school student, Sandpoint, ID
How will we live tomorrow?
“Different from today. I am trying to right my wrongs.”
Isley Worthy, former Spokane River rapids rider, Spokane, WA
How will we live tomorrow?
“Same way we live today.”
Ely Marks, high school student, Sandpoint, ID
How will we live tomorrow?
“A lot of that is wrapped up in my work. I am a Director of the Vermont Land Trust. Ten percent of the state of Vermont is now under trust. I live in a bubble. Vermont is a bubble. We produced Bernie Sanders. Vermont leads the nation in CSA’s and local food consumption.
“Tomorrow we will be much more connected to our local resources. Twenty years ago we didn’t have this conversation. In that time we put 100,000 acres into conservation. Prior to my first bike trip I worked for Monsanto. I wore protective suits and needed blood tests every four days to check the toxins in my blood. I did it to save for an around the world trip. When I came home, I couldn’t go back to that.
“We need to get a handle on the corporations. They run the show. Nobody likes them but they are the way we live.”
Al Karnatz, Regional Director, Champlain Valley for Vermont Land Trust, Bristol, VT
How will we live tomorrow?
“Tomorrow I will eat and sniff and poop and sleep.”
Bailey Wolfe, Lab mutt, Spokane, WA, as translated by his provider, Ryan Wolfe
How will we live tomorrow?
“We will go to Silverwood and eat as much candy as today.”
Grace Marks, will turn eleven years old tomorrow, Sandpoint, ID
How will we live tomorrow?
“Flying cars. Flying unicorns, flying everything.”
Emma, Tour Guide at Aplet’s Candy Factory, Cashmere, WA
How will we live tomorrow?
“Oh, gosh. I don’t know. Happy and Healthy.”
Arlette, mother, Spokane, WA
How will we live tomorrow?
“For me it’s interesting to see the cultural differences. That makes it hard to where we’re going. Everything here is so controlled. There are no wildflowers. I leave the dandelions in our lawn.
“In Austria, it’s okay to live with your family, have time unemployed. You don’t have the pressure to ‘do more’ than your parents. We have more time for vacation. We close for three weeks in August and people just wait until we’re back to place their orders.”
Sabina Wolfe, Austrian immigrant, Spokane, WA
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