Abstract

Compelling evidence reveals that exponentialgrowth of human activities as a result of science andtechnological advancement over the past few decades has beendriving planetary change at an unprecedented pace andmagnitude. The cumulative anthropogenic environmentalpressure threatening human long-term existence calls forurgent and immediate mitigating measures. The challenge hereis to raise human environmental awareness based on anempirical assessment of human-driven environmental changes,and to examine the moral causes of environmentally destructivehuman practices rooted in the Baconian stance of humansupremacy over nature. To orient further analysis towards thisline of thought, the article attempts to craft a philosophicalframework of nature drawing from Albert Schweitzer’sreverence for life ethics that will deepen our understanding ofhuman environmental behaviour and ethical engagement with,and stewardship responsibility to, nature. It is concluded thatnurturing a sustainable world requires the human race touphold strong ethical commitment to protect and conservenon-human nature.