By Emile H. Ishida, Ryuzo Furukawa (auth.)
The nice East Japan Earthquake, which happened on March eleven, 2011, reminded us that we have been only one species in the nice cycle of lifestyles on the earth, that we have been allowed to outlive simply as a result of nature, and that the concept we have been in some way capable of overcome nature was once easily an phantasm. Now greater than ever it's time that we confront head-on the switch from the "underground assets" form of civilization to at least one with a brand new lifestyle and know-how that embraces a feeling of nature. to take action, we needs to examine from nature, the one sustainable society on the earth, and create know-how that embraces the sort of view of nature. We name such expertise, which cleverly revives nature's greatness, Nature know-how. Taking an off-the-cuff look at nature, a nest of termites within the savanna quarter might be saw to take care of a gradual temperature of 30°C although the skin air temperature levels from 50°C throughout the day to just about 0°C at evening. There are thousands of open pores simply a number of billionths of a meter (nanometer) huge within the "earth" of the nest, which serve to manage the temperature and humidity. in reality, all types of "earth" have those pores (clay mineral with aggregated constructions) and air conditioners that require no electrical energy were created through hardening this earth whereas maintaining its constitution; a cooling flooring or wall turns into the choice to a traditional air conditioner. This publication presents many such examples of the way Nature expertise can help a brand new way of life that's either environmentally sound and spiritually uplifting.
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The present economic system presupposes an endless supply of natural resources and ignores the problem of waste, and it is clearly within this framework that a rapidly increasing population combined with an endless pursuit of convenience have led to the expansion, or bloating, of human activity. There is a constant over-production of goods to satisfy our material desires, and once this has become the natural state of affairs, no one any longer notices the abnormality of it. We use money and other means to purchase food and water, housing, refrigerators, tv-sets, cellular phones, automobiles, clothes and accessories, travel services, beauty treatment and any other number of goods and services.
1 Manufacturing and Living with Consideration for People 33 Desires that can only be fulfilled by things and goods require large volumes of resources and energy and inevitably impact greatly on the environment. Can we, then, rid ourselves of our desire? Perhaps, if we find ourselves entirely unable to solve the global environmental problem, we may be forced to rationalize all that we consume, but this, obviously, is an approach far removed from our goal of achieving wholesome, truly prosperous lives.