What Happened Today? Went to see Chris with Kay, Jen and Jenny. Foggy and hot. Tried 2 new methods of solitaire. Chris is frustrated that Melissa hasn’t come forward. Jeff Gordon won the race at Darlington. His 2nd win in a row. Tampa Bay Devil Rays swept the Texas Rangers.
GAIA- Planetary Management:
156. The rapidly manifesting global crises, the long shadow, cast by the fast-growing figure of humankind, is stretching into the very heart of our biosphere.
157. Since wandering early tribes began to fire the forests, this shadow has spread across land and ocean, through air, water, and soil, into space, and deep into the life-blood of evolution itself.
158. We might look upon our as a challenge as well as a threat– we are sitting our final evolutionary examination for our viability as a species.
159. Unfortunately, the time limit is rapidly approaching.
160. Crisis or Challenge? Humankind can be seen as either the climax of evolution’s course, or as its greatest error.