In 2020 the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. I was involved as an educator in the first Earth Day in April of 1970 and it is fitting that there has been a rebirth of the concern about our world and its environmental future. The recent introduction of legislation called THE GREEN NEW DEAL in the United States Congress can and should be used to focus our country as well as the whole world on the future of this planet. Earth Day was a starting point, but with issues facing the planet including continued industrial expansion, increased human population and human caused climate change, we as the most influential creatures on Earth must recognize that WE ARE THE PROBLEM.
Our creativity and ingenuity have allowed us to see into the depths of space in search of answers about the origins of the universe; as well as probing into the life force that all living things on this planet carry. We humans must now face the question---Can the human species survive its intelligence?
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