While modern industrial civilization has brought significant material prosperity to humanity, it has also precipitated numerous crises, including an increasingly severe ecological crisis that is pushing humanity toward an environmental precipice. This civilization, rooted in the Enlightenment philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, is fundamentally unjust and unkind, harboring self-destructive tendencies. Its unkindness manifests in six key aspects: (1) the imperialist attitude toward nature, (2) the disregard for tradition, (3) the marginalization of farmers, (4) the disdain for heterogeneous cultures, (5) the discrimination against nonscientific knowledge, and (6) unkindness to others. It is this inherent unkindness that has set humanity on a path of self-destruction, resulting in profound disasters for both humankind and the natural world. To avert this trajectory of human’s self-destruction, time demands the emergence of an ecological civilization—a compassionate civilization that respects nature and affirms life, grounded in the principles of organic process philosophy and the Second Enlightenment. The compassion of ecological civilization is articulated through six core principles: (1) reverence for nature, (2) cherishing tradition, (3) respect for farmers, (4) the appreciation of heterogeneous cultures, (5) respect for nonscience, and (6) treating others kindly. Such a civilization is urgently needed to address the existential challenges of our time and to foster a sustainable and harmonious future.