 21 Oct 2010 @ 03:56, by Unknown
Oct 20 2010 wed AB CA 9:56 PM MDT
re: Learn about the world around you
It seems though, whatever we as humans or a species do or will do, will have and does impact on our environment, such is the nature of our nature.
The lessons though perhaps that we are hopefully learning are to keep those impacts at and to a minimum and if at all possible to have impacts or effects that might even contribute and benefit the health,, well being and life of our and the environment and the diversity of the earth ,concepts of regeneration and renewable s etc.
How we do this and still maintain some of the benefits we have acquired as as a supposed intelligent species and society are the questions and challenges we now face.
We thus perhaps need or could use some kind of simple yet somewhat diverse and comprehensive GLOBAL GREEN STANDARD, that all are required to adhere to in the best interests and well being of ourselves , others and the planet and future as a whole.
The ISO 14,000 standard circa 1998 and LEED building standard are perhaps some examples and guides of such.
Part of this proposed global green standard might call for a cap on population of say 8 billion and a cap on per capita energy use at 2 exajoules a day and a portion of only 1/50,000 of global fresh water to humans and the rest for the other 50 million species of the earth and a 3 acre per capita limit for food production for humanity, as well as a governance model based on ecozones or biomes rather than arbitrary geopolitical boundaries.
ed Jonas
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