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1980 Planet Earth Conference held at the Institute of Ecotechnics, Aix-en-Provence, France.

To explore the history of the Planet Earth and its future, and to examine man’s relation to the Planet Earth and his future, the Institute of Ecotechnics invited outstanding scientists, artists of the avant-garde, explorers, and managers of our present time, to a four day conference in the South of France. This book is a record of those shared investigations and experiences, fears and hopes, ignorance and knowledge of the mystery and patterns of Planet Earth. Freed from the constaints of speaking only to colleagues of their own discipline and set in a non-media, non-governmental atmosphere, the conference explored 4.5 billion years of time from the viewpoints of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Worlds. Man, Earth and the Challenges both records the results of this creative interchange and offers a unique insight into the process of holistic thinking itself. Speakers include: W.S.Burroughs, A.King, M.Nelson, E.D.McKee, R.G.Gibson, J.D.Hays, A.Buzzati-Traverso, T.Heyerdahl, R.T.Adams, G.Hewes, G.T.Prance, A.A.Reid, P.M.Rotmil, B.Lotsch, C.Garcia, S.Ranganathan Freed from the constaints of speaking only to colleagues of their own discipline and set in a non-media, non-governmental atmosphere, the conference explored 4.5 billion years of time from the viewpoints of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Worlds.