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[email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. l J,;1/11111c 2 I .\'11111bcr 2 Scprc111bcr I Oaolwr 1992 Human to human and human to environment relationships: Challenges for the 21st century Convocation address to the Co1111ecticut College community, Palmer Auditorium, eptember 3, 1992 am a member of a fragile pecie till new to the earth the younge t creature of any cale, here only a few moments as "I evolutionary time is measured. We are only tentatively et in place, error-prone, at ri k of fumbling, in real danger at the moment of leaving behind only a thin layer of our fo ils, radioac tive at that." These words are from Lewis Thomas's mo t recent book, 11,e Fragile pedes. For the la t four decade , a an ecologi t and environ mentali t, I have been ob erving the impacts of thi "fragile pecie " on the world environment, and now I wish to hare with you a few of the challenge which I feel you hould think about eriou ly.