Listen to this moving address delivered to the UNESCO International Year of Planet Earth conference in February 2008 just weeks before his death.  This presentation is the last public address Sir Arthur C. Clark made before his death in Sri Lanka in March 2008. 

” There are now clear signs that our growing numbers and our many activities are impacting the Earth’s natural systems, causing planetary stress.  We have had local or regional indicators of this stress for decades, and more recently we have confirmed our unmistakable role in climate change.  If we’re looking for the smoking gun, we only need to look in the mirror…”  Sir Arthur C. Clark, Feb 2008

Listen online or read the text of the address at the sites below:

Listen at:  http://www.yearofplanetearth.org/

Read at: http://yearofplanetearth.org/content/GLE/speechClarke.pdf