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Item Open Access The Earth Charter facing the Anthropocene epoch(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2019) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Edward Elgar, publisherWe are living in a time of "great peril and great promise" "as never before in history" (Earth Charter). The way forward according to contemporary Anthropocene enthusiasts is quite opposite from the sustainable biosphere and ecosystems that the Earth Charter intends. We ought to embrace an ever-increasing human domination of the planet, geo-engineering. Develop! Develop! Earth is the only planet "right for life"; it seems "right" that life continue here. Life is, in the deepest sense, the most valuable phenomenon of all. On the global scale, Earth is not something we own. Earth does not belong to us; rather we belong on it. The question is not of property, but of whole-Earth community. Humans, made of earth, are first and always Earthlings. This calls for appropriate respect for this home Earth.