Just want to say I agree with Simon here totally. Azure and I are involved one way or another with environmentalism (she has an MA in it) and there are so many signs of disaster - I also agree with Lovelock that things are already too late. Ironically, vultures (buzzards) are coming closer and closer to New York; they've already moved in to my hometown area in Penn- sylvania. Beyond that, overpopulation has ensured that bushmeat activity will wipe out what's left of wilderness fauna (at least whatever's edible). One can go on and on like this - it's depressing. Think of the plastic ocean islands, regional wars, spread of weaponry, skewed popula- tion demographics (the poorest nations often tend towards the highest birth rates), the exponential decrease in ice sheets, and so forth. Better than a manifesto, maybe work with wildlife rehabilitators, local enviro organizations, family planning groups, etc. I bring these issues up all the time (maybe too often ) in my teaching - that might help a bit, I don't know. But manifestos are already outmoded and they're also (at least for the most part) oddly isolated from everyday environmental or political work... Anyway my two cents here - - Alan
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