Why are Humans worth Sustaining?

Before embarking on a journey of sustainability - why bother? What is exactly is it that we wish to sustain?

The Earth? A Humanist would have no such need. Earth is but a stage.

The human species itself? Because we are intelligent and we are us, and continuing to exist on an inhabitable Earth is our best bet for further growth.

Again, not satisfying.

A more convincing rationale comes from Daniel Wahl in Designing Regenerative Cultures.

We are co-creative participants in a 14-billion-year process of universe becoming conscious of itself. We are a keystone species capable of creating conditions conducive to all life. We can design for human, ecosystems and planetary health, and nurture resilience, adaptability, transformability and vitality.

We care; we are compassionate beings able to love and to express this unifying emotion through poetry, music and art.

We, like other species, but perhaps more so, are life's gift to life.

We are a mirror in which the universe can glimpse itself.

Who knows how far we can ride and support this journey of evolution and intelligent design.

But we should want it to continue.

And continue.

And continue.