In the past, Shepherd and black box came to Earth.* The mission was to build a better, thriving future for Earth and all its creatures. Shepherd had friends Taj and Jason committed to and helping achieve the mission. They faced many challenges. After many struggles, many commitments were made by Earth's most capable species, humans. Some progress was made via a global Thrive! Endeavor.* But no longer. Now Earth is on path to early extinction. Earth and all its creatures face early extinction. Humans are the primary cause. Earth's humans are behaving badly. Humans are failing badly. Even worse, humans are now an emerging threat to other worlds. Humans are reaching further beyond Earth. They desire colonizing another planet like Mars. Because of bad human behavior, Earth must now face universal justice. But what will be universal justice for Earth? May be extinction for part or all of Earth. May be extinction only for Earth's offending species, humans. The end or not the end? ____________________________ * As told in science fiction novels black box and The Thrive! Endeavor available @ GChris.com and Amazon.com
About the Author: Throughout his career, he worked on national issues on building a thriving and surviving future, on health and human service policy, systems, and management This work can be seen at ThrivingFuture.org and draws from 30+ years of experience in creating, managing, and sustaining large, positive and timely change at national and local levels in public and private sectors. He wrote public policy books including Thrive! Endeavor(R) - All Thrive Forever; Thrive!(R) - All Thrive Forever(R) What will you do?(R) The Game. The Challenge; Thrive!(R) - People's Guide To A Thriving Future [For All Forever]; Thrive!(R) - Building a Thriving Future; The Thrive!(R) Philosophy - All Thrive Forever. His national and local public service includes: Associate Director, Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President, White House; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, DoD; Senior Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, DHHS; Senior Advisor to Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, VA; Senior Fellow, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Chief Information Officer (CIO), Veterans Health Administration, VA; Director of Health Legislation, House Select Committee on Aging, U.S. House of Representatives. During most of his Federal career, he served as member of the Senior Executive Service. His art and writing career, where he is known as Chris and uses the signature "GChris", also spans 40+ years. He is a sculptor of abstract art, focusing on mobile and stabile sculptures and creating over 200 sculptures, primarily working in wood and copper. GChris sculpture supports our creating and sustaining large, positive and timely change and achieving a thriving future. His sculpture can be seen at GChris.com. He wrote science fiction novels The Thrive! Endeavor and black box, illustrated science fiction books Extinction! - Failure to Thrive, Xtinct - Universal Justice for Earth and Thrive! - Escape from Extinction, and children's books Angel, Creator of Artful Things and T!rrific [terrific] - What will you do to thrive? He lives in the Village of Nelson, WI and lived 30 years in University Park, MD in the greater Washington DC area. He graduated from University of Wisconsin (Madison) with a Bachelor's in Political Science and a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning. He also studied toward doctoral degree at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.