Your Visions for Sustainable Building

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Permalink Reply by Alex on January 19, 2012 at 2:16pm

Nearly twenty years ago, economist Robert Heilbroner wrote a book. It was called "An Inquiry Into The Human Prospect", and it began with the following words:
"There is a question in the air," Heilbroner wrote, "more sensed than seen, like the invisible approach of a distant storm, a question that I would hesitate to ask aloud did I not believe it existed unvoiced in the minds of many: 'Is there hope for man?'
"In another era such a question might have raised thoughts of man's ultimate salvation or damnation. But today the brooding doubts that it arouses have to do with life on earth, now, and in the relatively few generations that constitute the limit of our capacity to imagine the future."
Somber words. By now you've got it that I'm not going to begin my presentation to you with a joke.
Today, many resource economists and scientists fear that mankind may be consuming and destroying the living and non-living natural foundation upon which our lives depend. While I firmly believe that appocolyptic predictions are both inappropriate and unfounded, any rational person must acknowledge the tremendous risks involved in what we are doing to our one and only planet..
Anyways i am not from this industry i work for a company which sell brochure stand in new zealand.

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