We have come to the end of a millenium of [?] and accelerating destruction of the world around us. While human creativity and technology have blossomed, we have [?] been destroying the ecology of the planet [?] which we depend for our survival. The sad fact is that every day the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer because of our [?] of resources and our disregard [?] the riches of nature. Ecologically, our natural habitats [?] services without which life on the planet would become impossible. When we [?] with the environment, it is not just nature which suffers. Our own way of life is [?] threat.