Fortunately, a great deal of work has been done identifying what is wrong, how it came to be, and what we might do to avoid participating in the Sixth Great Extinction Spasm (as E. O. Wilson calls it), initiated by humanity in the last couple of centuries. Many authors offer hope for and many visions of a sustainable future with greatly improved quality of life for nearly everyone. This site spotlights two books and a sprinkling of other writings that address these issues head on.