These powerful corporate entities remind me of my mother. It is a painful comparison, but as I search my heart and memory, I remember an anecdote I read about a young Native American girl and her grandmother. The young girl offered a flower she had plucked from a plant on the ground to her grandmother. Her grandmother chastised the girl, saying that she should never remove a flower or plant, or any object from nature from where it was naturally growing or placed. This story resurfaced in my mind after watching Blue Gold, and I think it is very relevant. When we move water from its original watershed, it is lost forever and cannot be recovered. Nature has a reason for the placement of each and every element. If we are to interact harmoniously with nature, we have to behave in a respectful manner, be grateful for what we receive, take only what we need, and when possible, replace what we have taken.