: An Appeal to Save Life on Earthby E. O. Wilson, copyright 2006
The Creation ... is the greatest heritage, other than the reasoning mind itself, ever provided to humanity (page 61).Sections of the book:
I. The Creation
A call for help and an invitation to visit the embattled natural world in the company of a biologist.
II. Decline and Redemption
Blinded by ignorance and self-absorption, humanity is destroying the creation. There is still time to assume the stewardship of the natural world that we owe to future human generations.
III. What Science Has Learned
Arguments for saving the rest of life are drawn from both religion and science. The relevant principles of biology, the key science in this discourse, are explained here.
IV. Teaching the Creation
The only way to save the diversity of life and come to peace with nature is through a widely shared knowledge of biology and what the findings of that science imply for the human condition.
V. Reaching Across
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces of society. Together they can save the creation.
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One week we had a great discussion about our local newspaper's lack of "green" stories and about ways to initiate more "green" stories. So how can we change minds locally? As John said on his "Spirit & Sustainability" blog, this is "a book that we can all agree failed rhetorically but succeeded scientifically." We still have three questions:
1. What more can we learn about biodiversity?
2. How do we teach about nature?
3. What can we do for the planet?
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