Living Earth Movement
Inspiring worldwide cooperation and dramatic action to address the ecological crisis.
Our Mission
The Living Earth Movement inspires global cooperation for the sake of all life on our planet, beginning with the United States and China. We also seek to promote a new human civilization that lives in harmony with the rest of the ecosphere.
Broader Statement of Purpose
The ecological crisis is global. More and more people realize this. Yet, the world remains divided. If the two most powerful nations – the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China – do not work together and take dramatic action in the next decade, climate chaos will lead to social, political, and economic chaos and, ultimately, the extinction of the human species, along with most life on earth. Yet, the U.S. and China have the power and resources, together, to lead the world through this crisis, if they give it top priority.
The mission of the Living Earth Movement is twofold. The short-term priority is to get the U.S. and China to cooperate for the sake of all life on this planet. Without their full and joint participation, the necessary changes will not be made in time. However, with their joint leadership, virtually all nations will follow. The second and equally important priority is to promote the foundations for a new kind of civilization in which humans would learn to value and cooperate with the rest of the ecosphere. We need a world in which humans understand themselves as part of a living earth community. We call this an ecological civilization.
There are no winners on a dead planet!
Latest News
Newsletter 2023-01-20
Featuring Roy Morrison on Connecting an Asia – North America Supergrid
Is International Cooperation Possible?
A Bold Appeal for a Living Earth
The Living Earth Movement Book
Events
LEM Presentation Series
LEM offers regular speeches open to the public discussing ecological civilization, climate change, and more.
China Enters the Matrix
Dr. John Cobb and John Perkins discuss China’s emergence in international trade and the need for China-U.S. relations to secure a sustainable planet.
Ecological Civilization
David Korten discusses humanity’s need for deep transformation in order to achieve a sustainable planet and future.
About Us
We are a group of academic, philosophical, theological, religious, business, science and religious leaders, and best-selling authors, united in our belief that we must act now to encourage the U.S. and China to combat climate change, and to create a worldwide sustainable ecology. We are led by eminent process theology scholar Dr. John Cobb, who has been a leading voice in academia, theology, and activism for over 50 years.
“We will continue to create the other world that we are sowing seed by seed, inch-by-inch of soil, person by person, community by community – until all of this planet is embraced in one circle of a resurgent life and resurgent love. We will not give up.”
– Vandana Shiva
What You Can Do
Join us in our efforts to encourage the U.S. and China to unite against climate change. We are leveraging our contacts in both governments and other organizations wordwide, and can use your help in fulfilling our mission.
- Sign Up. Receive our newsletter and book about U.S.-China relations and the state of our global ecology from Dr. Cobb.
- Spread the Word. Tell your friends about us or host a fundraiser.
- Follow Us on Social. Get involved in our community on your favorite social media platform.
- Donate. Hit the donate button to help fund our mission.
We need strength in numbers.
Yeoju ECO Forum 2019:
Interfaith Dialogue on Ecological Civilization
