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| With David Korten, 2010 |
Ecological Civilization:
The Vision
We humans now consume at
a rate 1.7 times what Earth can
sustain and the richest 8 of us own
wealth equal to that of the poorest 3.7 billion. We face a choice. We can
continue Imperial Civilization’s drive to environmental destruction and wealth
concentration. Or we can create an Ecological Civilization that secures
material sufficiency and spiritual abundance for all in balance with the
regenerative systems of a living Earth. Our species survival hangs in the
balance.
Our future turns on a simple, nearly forgotten, truth. We humans
are living beings born of and nurtured by a living Earth. Our health and
well-being depend on her health and well-being. As she cares for us, we must
also care for her.
This is a foundational premise of the emerging vision of the
possibilities of an Ecological Civilization grounded in a New Enlightenment
understanding of the beauty, wonder, meaning, and purpose of creation.
― David
Korten
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