SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

Statement by James Gustave Speth, former Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP):

"I used to think the top global environmental problems were:

biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change.

I thought that with 30 years of good science

we could address these problems.

But I was wrong.

The top environmental problems are:

Selfishness, Greed and Apathy.

To deal with these we need:

 - James Gustave Speth -

and we scientists don't know how to do that."

a spiritual and cultural transformation,