Section outline

  • Our species is by far the most intelligent on planet earth. We have achieved amazing success in populating all corners of the globe; space itself is now within our reach. We are no longer at the mercy of the environment, the environment is at the mercy of us. Surely these achievements justify our species name; Homo sapiens (wise human) or do they?  This topic explores what it means to be human in an exciting but turbulent world, a world of our making, a world of unprecedented opportunity and challenge and above all, a world requiring great wisdom and responsibility from its current custodians; us.