Guest guest Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 The question is whether man continues to follow the status quo, or follow their dreams because their intuition and hearts will lead them to a new world... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1975663.stm Cars to run on 'farm waste' The fuel of the future could be made from straw and grass, the " waste products " from farming. A Canadian company is developing just such a biofuel which, if mixed with conventional petrol, could substantially reduce our reliance on fossil fuel. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1977217.stm Q & A: Farm waste in your tank It has the combined advantages of cleaning up emissions from engines, reducing our dependence on oil and providing farmers with an extra source of income http://www.unep.org/Documents.multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=97 & ArticleID=1\ 503 UN Declaration of Man and His Environment http://www.oneplanetonelife.com/spirit.htm God’s will is not that man is to have dominion over nature, but that man is to be good stewards of His Creation. Eden was created for man’s pleasure, not for his disposal. http://www.oneplanetonelife.com/sustainability_consumption.htm Dr. Martin Luther King, April, 1967: " We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy. " Michael Gorbachev - President of the Soviet Union: " We desperately need to recognize that we are the guests not the masters of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the costs and benefits to all people, and bound by the limits of nature herself rather than the limits of technology and consumerism. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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