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Earth Commandments: Honor, Preserve, and Engage with Nature

By Dick WhitePosted on May 31, 2024Posted in Ecological Sustainability, SustainabilityTagged Ecological Sustainability, Ten Commandments

A viable human future on planet Earth demands ecological sustainability. Consequently, the first three of the Ten Commandments for Planet Earth—without deifying Nature—align with the biblical admonitions about God. The First Commandment for Planet Earth: I am Earth, home of biological evolution. Let no human enterprise take precedence over me. The biblical First Commandment asserts […]

Ten Commandments for Planet Earth

By Dick WhitePosted on January 17, 2024Posted in Ecological Sustainability, Social SustainabilityTagged Ecological Sustainability, Science, Ten Commandments

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 […]