Famous people and others have offered ecological versions of the Ten Commandments. I explain why I have chosen to join them.
Ten Commandments for Planet Earth
Conceiving the lessons of modern science as a source of “revelation” prompts a reformulation of the Ten Commandments of Western religions that asserts the primacy of planetary health over purely human concerns. A Scientific Creation Story We now know that humankind, like every other species, is the product of eons of universal and then biological […]
Climate Action Now, Step One Toward Sustainability
What is more important today: sustainability or climate change? The question poses a practical dilemma. Sustainability is a much more embracing concept than climate change, incorporating concerns beyond the environment to economic health and social equity. Climate change impacts all three dimensions, but sustainability would extend much further in each of them. Even so, I […]