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Carl Sagan Asks: Who Speaks for Earth?
A man of science and vision poses a question that echoes through the decades — and grows more urgent with every passing year.
Carl Sagan — Who Speaks for Earth?
This video poses a question, as the Dino Valenti song lyric does — this time from a man of science and vision: Carl Sagan.
Jane Goodall — The Web of Life
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Jane Goodall
Primatologist · Anthropologist · UN Messenger of Peace
Jane Goodall's video movingly pleads — from a humanist and ecologist's perspective — that our species stop destroying biodiversity, all other species, the flora and fauna: "The Web of Life."
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
— Jane GoodallThe Core Question
Framing the Existential Issue Facing Planet Earth
What is "The Anthropocene?"
One Species' Outsized Impact
Homo Sapiens have inhabited the earth for many generations. Rather than living in harmony with the flora and fauna which they found their species among, "Humanity" as we call ourselves has unleashed astounding changes — vast transformations of countless aspects of life here on this planet, and beyond.
While scientists surmise that earth has experienced numerous cataclysmic metamorphoses over millions of years, never have these changes been driven by any single species nor class of life.
A New Geological Epoch
The proposed term to denote the geological epoch of physical upheaval in which human activities bring about unprecedented, likely disastrous transformations upon our natural world is:
Most climate scientists and geological experts believe human activity is now actively creating a new geological age — one defined by our species' impact on earth systems.
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Should you wish to know more about the concept of a new geological age which the vast majority of climate scientists and many geological experts believe human activity is now creating, explore the resources below.
Is the human species ready to grasp and effectively deal with this reality?
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