There are currently two contrasting approaches to the issue of what the Environment is and how it is related to the human species, namely: the anthropocentric and the ecocentric. This article written in anticipation of the Earth Summit in South Africa in 2002 suggests a possible eco-concept synthesis based on the principles that humankind is part of the totality of planet Earth and can achieve eco-leadership by encouraging a sense of belonging with all other phenomena to the Earth's total community.