Two consequential events dramatically altered the world’s climate and ecosystem. The first occurred 66 million years ago when a seven-mile-wide asteroid smashed into earth near Yucatan. Within 24 hours, the species that had ruled the planet went extinct. It was the Day the Dinosaurs Died. The other was the awakening of Homo sapiens’ consciousness some 100,000 years ago to our ability to dominate by going forth, multiplying, and subduing the earth. Neil Armstrong’s line, “One small step for man, one…
