image by Jen Osborne
We’re killing a very tired and less resilient planet at alarming rates.
It's common knowledge that we're losing species and habitats at an unprecedented rate in a geological epoch known as the “anthropocene” — the age of humanity, which is hardly a humane time. We humans are the cause of massive and egregious ecocide because as big-brained, big-footed, overproducing, over consuming, arrogant and selfish mammals we freely move all over the place recklessly, wantonly and mindlessly trumping the interests of countless nonhuman animals. Every second of every day we decide who lives and who dies; we are that powerful. Of course, we also do many wonderful things for our magnificent planet and its fascinating inhabitants, but right now, rather than pat ourselves on the back for all the good things we do, we need to take action to right the many wrongs before it's too late for other animals and ourselves. - Marc Bekoff