| When we talk with futurists, especially those that are | | | | book is; |
| serious environmentalists they want to shock us | | | | "Building a Sustainable Society; We Have Not |
| about what is going to happen in the future. Take Al | | | | Inherited the Earth from Our Fathers, We Are |
| Gore's famous docudrama about global warming, and | | | | Borrowing It from Our Children," Lester R. Brown, |
| you begin to see what I'm talking about. It is true | | | | 1981, published by the world watch Institute |
| that we need to pay attention to our environment | | | | The author is very well known in futurist circles and |
| and the ecology issues of our time. After all, we | | | | this book is actually fairly decent. It talks about the |
| have to drink the water and breathe the air. | | | | challenges ahead with regards to ecology, and the |
| The oceans also grow our food, and they are | | | | environment challenges such as; expanding farmlands, |
| ultra-important for human life. If the air becomes too | | | | water, nutrients and poor soil, expanding deserts, |
| polluted we cannot breathe it without having health | | | | deforestation, overconsumption, oil coal, nuclear, food |
| issues. And these are all things we must consider. If | | | | issues, genetically modified crops, runaway inflation in |
| you are a "far left environmentalist" I can tell you of | | | | prices, and global competition. |
| a great book to read that you will love. If you are a | | | | He also talks about solutions for energy such as; |
| right wing conservative and get tired of all the | | | | cellulose ethanol, bio-waste, Hydro, ocean wave |
| environmental overblown doom-and-gloomers then | | | | energy, solar, geothermal, and wind. And there are |
| perhaps, you might like this book too, and it might | | | | chapters on better transportation, smarter cities, and |
| stop and make you think. | | | | urbanization, and how to put it all together to help |
| The book that I like to recommend to you is one | | | | the Third World along with potential R&D |
| that I read because it was recommended by the | | | | programs, which he believes should be priorities. |
| World Futurist Society or WFS. The name of the | | | | Indeed, I hope you will please consider this. |