I thought this was interesting enough to post here. It's in an as of yet unpublished book, published by a major purveyor of nursing books (for nurses). This is a philosophical nursing book (who woulda thunk!) aimed at nursing scholars (PhD's). I am writing the index for the book.
******************************************************************* The new millennium brings a time of transition and likely radical change. Authors such as Davis (1988) and Swimme & Berryf(1992) have been sounding the alert that current changes in the life systems of the earth are so extensive that a major epoch is ending. The names of the eras are conceptual expressions invented to enable us to think about the larger patterns of functioning of the biosystems of the planet. The Paleozoic, the Mesozoic, and the Cenozoic eras covered about 550 million years. During the 67 million years known as the Cenozoic era, expansive life processes developed on the earth. It is significant that the great creativity of this era emerged without human influence. Rather, humankind appeared late in the era,actually having no say about their appearance upon the earth. The next era will be different. Swimme and Berry (1992) noted that we are entering into a new period of creativity participated in by the entire earth community. They identify this new period as the Ecozoic era, a fourth biological era. The authors highlighted the central commitment of the emerging Ecozoic as an era of communion of subjects rather than a collection of objects. Together people will decide what kind of a universe we will inhabit. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
