Kudos to John McConnell, Earth Day founder. About 25 years ago, some time after the First earth Day, I wrote the following Earth Commandments which I then placed into a nice looking wall poster - see these biblical style commandments for our 21st century world below, and they are also available as a wall poster at EarthCommandments.com.
| EARTH COMMANDMENTS |
| 1. Thou shalt see thyself as part of the whole and not place thyself above other creatures. |
| 2. Thou shalt live in balance and harmony with all creation and not seek dominion over nature. |
| 3. Thou shalt not multiply thy species endlessly without regard to the limits of my bounty. |
| 4. Thou shalt not empty the seas of fish and the forest of trees, nor turn fertile fields to deserts and take the blue from the skies. |
| 5. Thou shalt not overgraze thy sheep till pastures disappear and famine visits the land. |
| 6. Thou shalt not produce what cannot be destroyed and returned to dust upon the earth. |
| 7. Thou shalt not harvest greed, envy, and hatred but instead husband thy seed stock and plant as well the seeds of peace, love, and tranquility. |
| 8. Thou shalt be a friend to the world and to all creatures great and small by doing unto all species as you would have them do unto mankind. |
| 9. Thou shalt walk lightly upon the earth and nurture the balance of existence, seeking not a kingdom in the sky but a heaven on earth. |
| 10. Thou shalt keep the earth a paradise as it has been for all eternity. |
Mother Earth |
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Also available from the site is my book - Cap-Com, The Economics of Balance - a book of which Earth Day founder, John McConnell said:
"This book represents a new course for economics, one attuned to the needs of the 21st century. It not only provides a good history of humanity's socio-economic development but also introduces many new concepts, along with reforms to achieve more economic democracy and proposals for preserving a better estate for all future generations on our fragile planet.... This book can help achieve this goal."
John McConnell, Earth Day Founder.
Kent Welton,
TheCenterforBalance.org
