We have seen the Earth, as it is.
We have seen its beauty, majesty, and fragility firsthand. From low-Earth orbit, we have witnessed curtains of dancing auroras, seen vast swaths of the African continent, watched gleaming flickers of distant human cities, marveled at rolling aquamarine bodies of ocean, and been struck by the paper-thin atmosphere that wraps our Earth in its protective embrace.
We see the future, as it could be
This perspective proclaims our interdependence with each other and our planet, and emphasizes our need for profound long-term collaboration. We need to reimagine our human civilization and realign our systems of organization within the indisputable boundaries of our precious planet.