“Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible damage on the environment and on critical resources. If not checked, many of our current practices put at serious risk the future that we wish for human society and the plant and animal kingdoms, and may so alter the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in the manner that we know. Fundamental changes are urgent if we are to avoid the collision our present course will bring about.”
Those words of warning were written in 1992 by 1,700 scientists, including over 100 Nobel laureates, and here we are, two decades later still talking, still drilling and doing very little to protect our precious planet from an economic system that prioritizes profits over the well being of Earth. Center Communication Civic Engagement for & David Barsamian May 19, 2015, 5.00 pm, Communications Building, Room 126