Environmental destruction is a central dilemma of the global imperative and has been occurring for many centuries, but the pace and rapidity of this destruction has been increasing exponentially within the last century. Circumscription can best be understood as social-environmental restriction of natural living space and resources. Too many people on too little land, or destructive human activities on whatever land is available, results in circumscription. Today circumscription is occurring in many ways at unprecedented rates, and at all levels of analytical concern--the local level, the global level of the entire earth, and intermediate regional levels. There are several central issues involved in environmental destruction. These include:

Global Warming

Loss of the Ozone Layer

Habitat Loss

Mass Extinction

Pollution & Contamination

Natural Resource Depletion

Governments, often driven by private interests and authoritarian preoccupations, typically pay no heed to the warning signs and predictions of scientists and other qualified experts, and provide little but perfunctory support to solving these dilemmas in any serious manner.