We were made for Eden.

We were made for paradise, like deer in the forest ...

Perhaps now we are left the task to heal the planet,
since we were originally given the job to be stewards.
It seems likely that we were "cast out" of Eden because
we were failing that. Now, perhaps, we may try to
rebuild Eden according to our own best ecological
designs.

1. Heal the planet. We need to stop and repair the
damage we are doing now, and reverse the process
to find a more natural balance similar to the way
the world worked before our civilization began
fouling it.

2. Rebuild ecological Eden.
We will need to use the all-encompassing ideas
that guide the philosophy of "deep ecology,"
including as many species in our calculations as
we can, and observing their interactions. Every
species has its place, even some that we might
find inconvenient or undesirable, but another more
important one may be dependent on them. They
survived and evolved, so they have an inherent
right to be here. Only those that are primarily
parasitic or disease vectors, and don't irreplace-
ably support another species may be considered
for elimination.

Our intent is to create the best world possible.
One with the greatest variety and number of
species that we can preserve, from the level of
the bacteria to that of the whales, and everything
in between. Once we have done this, we are fit to
ascend the heavens and design the paradise we
truly desire.