Monday, May 4, 2009

Earth Institute Searches for Science-Religion Common Ground

Earth Institute Searches for Science-Religion Common Ground
I am participating in Columbia University Earth Institute's Fetzer Institute symposium " Common Ground: Science and Religion in Dialogue for a Sustainable Future ." Yesterday, Earth Institute Director Jeff Sachs opened up the conference with the observation that human activity is having a greater impact on the Earth's environment than ever before, becoming a factor shaping the Earth's natural cycles and systems. Sachs calls this new age the Anthropocene; here is Sachs talking about this idea o

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