Peter Schlosser welcomes participants to Day Two of the conference. Lester Brown, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute (EPI), delivers his keynote address, titled “World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse.” He says, “We have in the world today two dangerously different views of the future,” the view of natural scientists and the view of economists. He expresses concern that economic models are becoming progressively less reflective of reality. Looking at great ancient civilizations, he points out: “None of these civilizations survived the destruction of their natural resources,” he says, “and nor can we.”