For Most Of History, Man Has Had

Mankind Has Probably Done More Damage To The Earth In The 20th Century Than In All Of Previous Human History.

I Experimented With All Possible Maneuvers-loops, Somersaults And Barrel Rolls. I Stood Upside Down On One Finger And Burst Out Laughing, A Shrill, Distorted Laugh. Nothing I Did Altered The Automatic Rhythm Of The Air. Delivered From Gravity And Buoyancy, I Flew Around In Space.

We Must Alert And Organise The World's People To Pressure World Leaders To Take Specific Steps To Solve The Two Root Causes Of Our Environmental Crises - Exploding Population Growth And Wasteful Consumption Of Irreplaceable Resources. Overconsumption And Overpopulation Underlie Every Environmental Problem We Face Today.

The Idea Of A Group Of Elders Is That, In Past Civilizations, They Have Linked Worlds; The Other World Was Also Present In This One. There Is Also The Argument That Elders Have "experience." The Problem Is That Experience Teaches Fear Of Change. Experience Kills Imagination. Experience Makes People Conservative. What We Are Facing Tomorrow Requires The Force Of Imagination, Not Wisdom From Yesterday.

Population Growth Is The Primary Source Of Environmental Damage.