Preface 1 THREE CHALLENGES FACING OUR TIME 5 HOW I BECAME 'GREEN' 9 THE GLOBAL CRISIS 29 The political crisis 32 The economic crisis 35 The social crisis 3 7 The ecological crisis 41 WHAT IS TO BE DONE? 51 MY GREEN 'CROSS' 75 The ecological consequences of war and other conflicts 76 Water asa source of conflict, water for peace 82 A charter for the earth 86 What has happened to ethical ideas? 90 HOMO SAPIENS OR ROBOT SAPIENS? 95 Afterword 1 O 1 THE EARTH CHARTER 111 INTERVIEW 125 Nores 143