Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Michael Tobias Introduction I. Biosphere, Ecology, and Sustainability Crispin Tickell The Scandal of Unsustainability Robert May The Sixth Wave of Extinction Anthony C. Janetos Protecting the Biosphere Robert Watson Where Science and Policy Meet: The Search for a Common Language Madhav Gadgil Ecology: Modern Science and Traditional Wisdom II. Science, Policy, and the Public Federico Mayor The Eyes of the Universe John Durant Hope, Anxiety, and Doubt: The Public View of Science Rita R. Colwell The Role of the Citizen Leon M. Lederman Particles and Poverty Julia Marton-Lefevre Only People Give Me Hope III. Science and Peace Frans B. M. de Waal The Biology of Making Peace Joseph Rotblat A Life Devoted to Peace Yechiel Becker Science for Peace IV. Science for the Twenty-first Century Ismail Serageldin The Cry of the Eight Hundred Million M. S. Swaminathan The Soul of Sustainability Bruce Alberts Sharing Knowledge for Development Mohamed H. A. Hassan Let Our Children Bridge the Gap Margaret Somerville Doing Science in Ethics Time Bibliography About the Editors Index

About the Author

Michael Tobias is the author of twenty-five books and writer, director, and producer of nearly one hundred films, mostly concerned with global environmental and ethical issues. He is the coeditor (with J. Patrick Fitzgerald and David Rothenberg) of A Parliament of Minds: Philosophy for a New Millennium, also published by SUNY Press. At Global Vision Network, a privately funded think tank in England established in 1996, Teun Timmers is Senior Programme Developer and Gill Wright is Chief Executive.

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"The scientific community cannot remain silent: to know is to foresee, to foresee is to prevent. Another world is possible if there is another vision, another way of addressing the problems. This book outlines how to build a brighter future that protects the environment, values, and people-driven policies, and applies scientific knowledge for peace, justice, and the improvement of universal respect of human dignity. The word and not the sword is the real solution! This book offers an enlightening guidance and compass at the dawn of the twenty-first century."