Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.

Our beliefs, our values shape the way we look out at the world and the way we treat it. If we believe that we were here, placed here by God, that this - all of this creation is for us, it's for us to go and occupy, dominate and exploit, then we will proceed to do that.

The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.

Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.