To craft a people’s agreement on a statement of ethical principles to guide the conduct of people and nations towards each other and the Earth to ensure a sustainable future. Read More »

Thinking About Values, by Neil Sampson, Jeff Settembrino, Barbara Dean, Bryan Norton, and Mollie Beattie. Four editorial advisors speak out on the reasons why discussion about the values that affect our environment is so important.

Planetary Progress, by Thomas Berry. Progress with minimal regard for well-being of the life systems of the planet and the role that religious traditions play. Read More »

The End of Nature, by Bill McKibben. Human dominance over nature and our adaptations to the world we are changing.
Toward a Sustainable World, by William D. Ruckelshaus. Changes needed in values, policies, and institutions.

Peace with God…With All Creation, by Pope John Paul II. Religious leadership for a new, socially just ecological ethic. Read More »

The Shadow Our Future Throws, an interview with Ivan Illich by the editors of New Perspectives Quarterly about sustainable development and industrial growth.

Changing Our Minds, by Paul Erlich. The need for evolution in human’s awareness of and relationship to the environment.

The Road and the Wheel, by Wendell Berry and Jeff Settembrino. Two opposing views of man’s relationship to nature and the environment. Read More »

Sustainable Development for the Earth Community, Discussion of the meaning and implications of sustainability.

Forum: Sustainable Development - A Sound Ethical Guideline? Eight organizational leaders, writers and thinkers voice their opinions.
The Ecological Imperative, by Mikhail Gorbachev. Remarks on new ecological policies and ethic from address to the January 1990 Global Forum on Human Survival.  Read More »

The Social Responsibility of Land Ownership, by Leonard Weber. Individual vs. community in land management decisions.The Sun is Among Us, by Martha Heyneman. Creative essay.

A New Set Of Values, by Lester Brown, Christopher Flavin, and Sandra Postel. New values needed for the transition to a sustainable world. Read More »

Economism or Planetism, by John B. Cobb, Jr. Discussion of the inherent tension between contemporary economic theory and the welfare of the planet.

The Joint Appeal in Religion and Science. A statement made by leaders of major American religious denominations in response to a request for the religious community to address the planetary environmental crisis.Putting Technology in its Natural Place, by Henry Mitchell. The need for renewed ties between people and nature in the age of technology. Read More »

Re-Inhabiting the Earth: Genesis Farm, by Miriam Therese MacGillis. The connections between spirituality and global ecological issues.

Operational Principles for Sustainable Development, by Herman E. Daly. Guidelines for the criteria of sustainable use of renewable and non-renewable resources. Read More »

Healing Community: Restoring Creation, by Nancy C. Alexander. Support for local communities as a central value in an agenda for a sustainable future, and North vs. South in the 1992 UNCED.

How Much is `Enough’? by Alan Durning. Worldwatch Institute Senior Researcher calls for a simpler lifestyle, living by the criteria of sufficiency rather than that of “the hunger for more.” Read More »

Population, Poverty, and Planet Earth, by Donella Meadows. The net primary productivity as a direct reflection of human overpopulation.

Deep Ecology and the Population Factor, by Arne Naess. The concept of carrying capacity and the need to include the importance of diversity and quality of life.Population Growth and the Status of Women, by Jonathan Adams. Women’s role in population control. Read More »