Vita TV - Trajectories of the Earth System <br />vitasapien.org/tv <br /><br />Few science reports tell such a grand tale about the challenges of the future as the August 2018 paper: Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene. <br /><br />The lead author was an Australian Earth System scientist - Professor Will Steffen - who passed away in January 2023 from pancreatic cancer. <br /><br />We can honour the life of Professor Steffen and protect ourselves from the future by understanding the profound message of the Trajectories paper. <br /><br />The paper proposes two alternative pathways for humanity and our Living Planet under Anthropogenic climate change: ‘Stabilized Earth’ and ‘Hothouse Earth’. <br /><br />Stabilized Earth calls for the return to Holocene-like conditions to ensure the wellbeing of the biosphere, our life-support system. <br /><br />Our present path is ‘Hothouse Earth’ in which excess global heating annihilates most life on Earth over the coming decades and centuries. <br /><br />In between Stabilized- and Hothouse Earth are a series of reinforcing feedbacks called the cascade of climate tipping points. <br /><br />These are projected to be triggered when Earth’s average temperature rises one to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. <br /><br />As the Earth is already more than 1.3 degrees warmer than preindustrial, the Trajectories paper tells us that efforts to stabilize Earth’s climate must begin immediately. <br /><br />The Trajectories paper is fundamental to Vita Sapien Philosophy in framing two distinct pathways for the future. <br /><br />Instead of Stabilized Earth, Vita Sapien refers to the Verdant Age, the potential future where humans and the biosphere thrive in synergy deep into the Long Future. <br /><br />The alternative is Mass Extinction represented by the Anthronaut symbol. <br />At the heart of Vita Sapien’s work is the belief that the sapient adults need a unifying philosophy grounded in science and the reverence of nature for humanity and the Living Planet to survive the Anthropocene Crisis. <br /><br />Vita Sapien’s sustainable life philosophy is called Vita Worldview. <br /><br />Read Vita Worldview today.
