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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3752639" data-attributes="member: 92780">I don't think we necessarily need a population reduction per se, or other drastic controlling measures as Jape suggested. We do though need a new paradigm for living - a lot of it 180° from where we've been and are headed at an accelerated rate.We need:1. To stop any further damage whatsoever, repair the land (wetlands and hydrological functioning  a`la  Peter Andrews), and reestablish at least a minimum of natural connectivity and old growth viability.2. Further, we need to restore the arterial and lung functioning of the land - the unhindered creek /wetland / floodplain /river systems. We need to be building soil - not flushing it one- way down 'drains' into the oceans.3. Further to that we need to establish humanity on a minimum footprint - islands of humanity in a vast sea of wilderness instead of the other way around as now.4. These islands of humanity need to be logically arranged along a minimum number of transport corridors (that don't interrupt wilderness but rather fly over, tunnel under, or go around wilderness). Return to wilderness any presently humanised parts of the landscape not required to meet this condition. Minimum footprint mile high plus sky cities - correctly orientated and placed  to maximize solar, wind (and wave and geothermal, where applicable) renewable resources.5. Moreover, we need closed recyclable life cycles for our  designed, produced, and consumed products and services. Waste is food.6. We need a new paradigm where the 'True Cost' of any damage proposed to be done to the environment is quantified prior and fully accounted for. Mine /extraction sites that are returned to full natural functioning (aquifers and old growth vegetation etc). Pretty easy really.Chosun   :gh:</blockquote>

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