Richard Eckersley writes that: “The defining question of our times is this: will we make it? There is a real and increasing possibility that global warming, resource depletion, the growing world population, disease pandemics, technical anarchy, and the geopolitical tensions, economic instability and social upheaval they generate, will coalesce to create a nightmare future for humanity this century. Avoiding this fate will depend critically on the stories we create to make sense of what is happening and to frame our response. A key task is to ensure these stories reflect not the decadence and despair of nihilism or the dogma and rigidity of fundamentalism, but the hope and energy of activism.”
Futurist Peter Ellyard “argues that we are witnessing a shift in the dominant world view to what he calls planetism".... his research has found that those embodying planetism exhibit a transformation in values. This shift includes:
* interdependence (from independence)
* communitarianism (from individualism)
* priority to planet (from priority to nation or tribe)
* humanity a part of nature (from a separation)
* conflict resolution through cooperation (from resolution through confrontation)
* sustainable production/life styles (from unsustainable development)
* democracy (from autocracy)
The pull down menu under this section outlines practical actions that you can take to reduce your carbon footprint thereby helping to sustain the planet.