“Many feel that sustainability is a global issue but worry it may be beyond their personal agency to effect change. We are not bystanders, each in our own way is an actor in this great human and planetary drama. “This is a humble acceptance of an interdependent destiny in the natural world, not an arrogant presumption of human exceptionalism. “We are the beneficiaries of human ingenuity but also the inheritors of human folly. How this duel between ingenuity and folly is fought out will determine our planet’s and our own future course.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2021 20:24 UTC