The anthropocentric ethic implicit in all solutions regarding global commons is contrasted with the ecocentric one which may be necessary to preserve the biosphere in the future.

Michael Everett examines how environmental movements develop and how they deal with economic counterforces and motivate political actors to pass effective environmental regulations.

An evolutionary analysis of history suggests that technology and morality can and will respond to a clearly perceived future threat to civilization. But will our response be fast enough?

A review of how we can learn from the past about climate-human-environment interactions at the present time and in the future.