A world in which the environment itself was dominant, an ecological world, is of much longer duration and, despite the thoughtless exercise of our power, has never gone away. Indeed, the tumult in which we find ourselves today might be considered its violent reassertion. The task that lies ahead of us involves less a novel change in ourselves than

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in Nature and our impact on this planet and its biosphere. To enact change, we need to start by telling a new story. This book is my attempt to propose a post-Copernican worldview that realigns humanity with the natural world. The core principle behind this new worldview is biocentrism, the idea that a living planet is a sacred realm that deserves

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