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By Claire Thompson
Grist Magazine
August 11, 2012
http://grist.org/climate-energy/cosmic-community-can-knowledge-of-the-universe-make-better-environmentalists/
We now know more than ever before about how the universe works and how our planet came to be. Could that knowledge inspire us to be better global citizens and work more effectively toward a sustainable future?
Brian Thomas Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker think so. That’s why they’ve launched their Journey of the Universe project — a book, documentary, and series of educational videos that tell the history of the universe and life on Earth, in the hopes that understanding our origins and our place as humans in this story will inspire us to “bring forth a vibrant Earth community.”
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