This Australian zoologist and environmentalist takes a look at the history of the earth and mankind, believing that the understanding of the nature of each might provide a more optimistic future for the world. He supports the naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, who saw cooperation rather than Darwin's fierce competition. However, he warns that we must "strive to love one another and to love our planet as much as we love ourselves". Is that possible?
(Christine Miller - bwl 64 Spring 2012 ) |
