A must read - Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity

Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity, published by the Center for Health and the Global Environment Harvard Medical School, is a must read for anyone who has always known, but would like to see in print what scientists around the world have discovered about the connection between human health and biodiversity.  I am convinced that if every elected leader, every person in a leadership position, every teacher, every person working for the media, every religious leader, every business person, and every concerned citizen were to read this book, our world would have a much better chance of creating a sustainable future.  The direction we are taking now in this city, across the country and around the world is not sustainable.  Those with the power and the money to make a difference are hiding their heads in sand as they move forward with their plans for progress including those who talk about smart growth.  Smart growth sounds good, feels good and has some merit, but it has major flaws when it comes to how it addresses the need to protect biodiversity. 

If after reading the above you still need some motivation before you will click the link and buy the book watch this short clip on biodiversity: United Nations Video - Biodiversity is Life