| "It is clear that the 21st
century is going to be a century of the environment in which literally every new
technology will have to meet environmental needs. Investments in Science for Ecological Security will have to become a very critical element of our investments in Science for food security, our health security, our industrial development, our livelihood security and, indeed, even our national security in the larger sense.
Down To Earth, March 31, 2001 |
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In the
years ahead, people and technologies, will have to move much closer to nature's own
geophysical cycles and to more gentle use of nature's sources like energy and water, and
will replace the dinosaur technologies of the 19th and 20th centuries. In this alone lies
the possibility of human survival and growth"