A True Source of Wonderment

"The spirit of the first Earth Day made real: A 'True Source of Wonderment' in a world of climate uncertainty."To understand the climate frontlines of 2025, we must first look back to the "logical dreamers" of the 1960s. This work steps back in time to chronicle a generation that wanted to heal the planet before it was too late, and then projects forward into our new world of climate uncertainty.A True Source of Wonderment tells the story of Clifford Humphrey, the architect of modern recycling who launched the very first curbside program as a UC Berkeley student in 1968. This is the unblinking record of how a single idea became a life force-rebuilding our home world one bin at a time. It is a necessary reminder that the active process of reclaiming our planet began with grassroots action, providing a powerful, hopeful counter-narrative to the "brutal tales" of extraction we face today.