In continuing with what I mentioned on my last post ,  I want to examine the ways we can reimagine our relationship with our natural environment and begin the arduous process of divesting ourselves of the possibility of extinction.   We may even lessen some of the more immediate hurdles we face over the next century or so by making some of the suggested changes here.   A warning:   some of these changes are radical.   All of them are painful.   But that is how we know that they are necessary.  Remember, we dislike having to adapt to change .  So it is in our nature to want things to say the same. That's why these suggested changes will be uncomfortable.  Here are the first 3 recommendations on changes we can make now that will help round off the edges of the years ahead and help us focus on what's important. 1.  Start Long-term Thinking On it's face, this likely doesn't seem that radical, and that's why I have it listed first.  It seems benign, but if we can't a