Friday, February 9, 2018

The Sixth Extinction

"Earth's sixth mass extinction event is underway," the headlines of dozens of major newspapers warned last summer.
The number of wild animals in the world has been cut in half in the last 50 years, and nearly half of all mammals have lost more than 80 percent of their range/population in the last 100 years, said a study published last July in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Earth's 5th mass extinction was 65 million years ago, when the dinosaurs and countless other species disappeared. Humans could go out with the 6th…

​Click the picture or article title for full article on Return to Now website.  

Please join us this Sunday, February 11, 2018, for fellowship and to view "Racing Extinction" documentary together, continuing the discussion began in December on the disconnect of humans and nature.

All are welcome to attend our Council meeting, also.

Council will begin at 2:30 PM, Fellowship at 5 PM.
We are located at the Employment Solutions building, 1084 Whipple Court, Lexington, Kentucky.

Bring a dish for the potluck, if you are willing and able. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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