I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs.

A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.

The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on.

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.

It is the responsibility of each human being today to choose between the force of darkness and the force of light. We must therefore transform our attitudes, and adopt a renewed respect for the superior laws of Divine Nature.

We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits.

Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring this about?