R.H. Clark: The content and conclusions of the two reports are contrasted and criticized. The factors affecting world stability are considered as an introduction to the succeeding lectures on the subject.
C.H. Simmonds: Much of the apprehension concerning the future stems from a philosophy which belongs to the past. If we change our perspective our problems change and begin to become more, not less, manageable.
M.K.Schumaker: Discussion of recent accusations that the biblical tradition is the chief spiritual cause of the current environmental crisis; respects in which it is justified; respects in which it is not.