An Interview with Lynne Twist

On her journey of life, Twist discovered one important concept: the idea of sufficiency and having enough. In her current work with the Hunger project and working with the indigenous Anchuar people, she is able to see how there is no waste in the rain forest and how there was no ownership. Money does not exist in this world because everything is shared. Every one made everything for everyone else. Although there is still competition in nature, it is only used for the survival of species and not used explicitly to destroy others.

Apply this idea of having enough to our current financial structure and we will be able to appreciate the resources we have rather than have a fear of depleting resources. These ideas really hit home in today’s consumer economy because we always want more and more. We spend hours of our life to obtain money so that we can spend that on materialistic goods. If we only work until we have enough or spend until we have enough we will not over consume and over produce. As a result, we can focus our efforts on working towards the greater good whether it is hunger, environmental preservation or peace.