An updated worldview is called for that places life as we know it as in, among and inseparable from Earth itself. Humans, for instance, do not live “on” the planet, they are the planet. The terms animate and inanimate no longer serve when we view earth as a living entity. Following on, planetary psychology accepts that earth as a living planet is conscious and accepts the responsibility to investigate just how human and other than human beings share in that one consciousness.

~ David J. Chalmers

Evening’s Warmth at Keyhole Arch, Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur Coast, CA, photo by Don Smith Photography, used with permission