Butterflies are the group of insects – the most diverse group of many-celled organisms – that are the most well-known and valued by the general population. Their beauty makes them important symbols of the need to protect all of nature.
Michael Tobias: To conclude, what have you learned in your short 80 years on Earth that others should be especially concerned about?
Paul Ehrlich: That humanity as a whole does not recognize that Homo sapiens is part of nature, and utterly dependent on the health of the rest of nature. Everyone should be concerned about the lethal threat that human overpopulation, over-consumption, and economic growth pose to the future of our descendants. In addition, all of us should be concerned about the inequities that pervade human society – economic, racial, and gender.
Copyright 2013 by Michael Charles Tobias/Jane Gray Morrison/Dancing Star Foundation
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