Professor James Lovelock says we can't save the planet -- it's too late. Lovelock (of Gaia fame) is suggesting we all just relax and enjoy what we have right now...but not to expect that anything will change -- in fact, we (the planet) are/is on a downward spiral.

I have printed out Jessica Murray's article on Mother Earth and I'm waiting for a good time to read it. Something has been forming in my mind around the idea of Heaven On Earth. A long essay that takes off from the last chapter of "God On Your Own" and goes into the notion of creating a planetary spirituality to replace religion.