Alex Steffen has a great post over at http://www.worldchanging.org on "Neighborliness, Innovation and Sustainability." He makes such an important point that it is worth quoting at length:
I call this idea "the Swap." It's sort of a middle stage on the road to a better future, where people have accepted that something must change, but have not really gotten their heads around the idea that everything must change. Therefore, the Swap is a form of denial.