Right now there is no issue as pressing as what humanity is doing to the planet. Every other issue is trivial by comparison. In a relatively very short time, our species is causing what some call the "Anthropocene extinction." Reading this article on Wikipedia, I see that the current rate of extinction is 10 to 100 times faster than any of the previous recorded mass extinctions. It's impossible to stress how serious this is. In our ignorance, we are causing great harm. I know we are capable of more. Will we rise to the occasion?

My one pressing question right now--how do we wake humans up to our unquestionable dependence on the living systems of the Earth? It's really the most obvious fact but I think we get focused on trivialities and social ego games. We get programmed by our cultures, many of which don't consider the environment and our impact on it, at all. Look around you. We see the extreme callousness with which humans treat the planet, other species and each other. Enough harm has been done, a radical shift is now absolutely necessary if we are to have a chance at survival at all.