of planet and universe. Pacific Sun newspaper reported that Swimme was at the forefront of a new movement that integrates science and spirituality. Swimme believes there is a new story, the epic of evolution, a cosmological narrative that begins with the Big Bang, which started the whole process, and proceeds to the evolution of the universe and life on earth. This manner of study, which engages heart and mind together, seems to teeter on the brink of religion. He believes that science, holistically, can have a great impact on people. Big history science is filled with little mysterious coincidences, upon which our entire existence rests. Swimme notes that this inspires awe and humility, and that this cosmology puts people in their proper place. He thinks that the popular view is that the earth is like a gravel pit or a hardware store, that the earth is just stuff to be used. He believes that consumerism has become the dominant world faith, exploiting the riches of the earth. His fundamental aim is to present a new cosmology—one grounded in a contemporary understanding of the universe but nourished by ancient spiritual convictions that help give it meaning. In an interview in 2001, Swimme gave a basic summary of "the whole story in one line": "This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebushes, giraffes, and humans." Writing for the BBC in 2009, Mark Vernon said that "Swimme believes that 'the universe is attempting to be felt', which makes him a pantheist", and noted that Swimme's work "is avidly read by individuals in New Age and ecological circles". Major publications Manifesto for a Global Civilization (with Matthew Fox), Bear & Company, 1982, The Universe is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story, Bear & Company, 1984, The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era: A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos, Harper San Francisco, 1992 (1994, )—a culmination of a 10-year collaboration with cultural historian Thomas Berry The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos, Orbis, 1996 (revised 2019, ) A Walk Through Time: From Stardust to Us—The Evolution of Life on Earth (with Sidney Liebes and Elisabet Sahtouris), John Wiley & Sons, 1998, "Cosmological Education for Future Generations", Chapter 5 in The Thirteenth Labor: Improving Science Education, edited by Eric Chaisson and Tae-Chang Kim, CRC