How on Earth Do We Live Now? Natural Capital Deep Ecology and the Commons

This pamphlet takes up the question how on Earth do we live now? as both a cry of alarm and a call to action through the lenses of natural capital and deep ecology. In the course of this study the commons emerged as a third point of reference. This study explores two essential parts of Earths commons: property and water. It continues with a close look at systems of governance for the commons and a new look at human natures capacity for cooperative collaborative action on behalf of the common good. The pamphlet concludes by considering what Quakers and all others who place a high value on the ethics of right relationship can bring to the task of rebuilding environmental integrity and advancing social equity at home and worldwide.