The EOLSS contains a vast body of integrated knowledge dedicated to the health, maintenance, and future of
the web of life on planet Earth, focusing on the complex connections among all the myriad aspects from natural and social sciences through water, energy, land, food, agriculture, environment, biodiversity, health, education, culture, engineering and technology, management, and development to environmental security!
How extensive must the damage to
the web of life on our planet be before we recognized it as criminal, as ecocide and pursue criminal prosecution.
The human organism, too, formed in the course of this grand evolutionary beat, is co-evolving in a delicately balanced rhythm with the embracing
web of life on this planet.
Not exact matches
Steve: You can read Foley's article «Boundaries for a Healthy
Planet» in the April issue
of Scientific American and
on our
Web site — it is part
of a special section called
Living on a New Earth — and see a video summing up environmental boundaries
on the Scientific American
Web site.
A quick
web search
on the topic
of «social documentary» will bring up the kind
of photography produced under extreme circumstances
of people
living under duress in the farthest - flung regions
of the
planet.
Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources
on a
planet where humans are already shaping climate and the
web of life.
Just to encourage you Elizabeth — since my heart goes out to folks like yourself (like myself) who are going through times
of wrenching grief and concern regarding the
planet, there is much to suggest that even as the veneer
of «business as usual» keeps
on, we are reaching a profound turning point in terms
of our collective awareness
of the
planet's needs and our place in the
web of life.
The conversation is worth sharing here because Wilkinson demonstrates how the
Web enables anyone with a passion and energy for conserving or improving some aspect
of life on this
planet to facilitate a global discussion.
Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources
on a
planet where people are already shaping climate and the
web of life.
By physically sailing to the heart
of the debate, Cape Farewell aims to draw people's attention to the effects
of ocean currents
on us and our climate - revealing the workings
of this crucial part
of the
planet through scientific experiments, film,
live web broadcasts, events, exhibitions and the insight
of artists and educators.
(3) Other cases are described
on my Columbia University
web site, e.g., Switzerland finances construction
of coal plants, Sweden builds them, and Australia exports coal and sets atmospheric carbon dioxide goals so large as to guarantee destruction
of much
of the
life on the
planet.
And we need to cherish and protect all
of the interrelated
web of life on our home
planet.»