Participation in the Living World.

Perhaps most crucial to out survival as a species is that we consider the implications of how we participate with earth and its living systems. The seriousness of this situation is illustrated in a quote from Peter Reason:

   As we are increasingly aware, the damage that is being done to the planet's 
   ecosystems and the resultant sustainability crisis fitting Western 
   economies has some of its origins in our failure to understand the systemic 
   nature of the planet's ecosystems, and humanity's participation in natural 
   processes. We see that participation is an e