Rediscovering Our Place In Nature

David Suzuki examines how the move from small villages to big cities has estranged us from nature, and particularly from biotechnology.

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April 30, 2003, 10:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Perhaps the most destructive agent of our sense of interconnectedness is economics. Economists assume that when resources are exhausted, human intelligence and creativity will always enable us to exploit or create new materials. Thus, in conventional economics, the ozone layer, underground water aquifers, topsoil, or biodiversity are considered "externalities" that are irrelevant within the economic construct, even though these are all finite and crucial to human survival and health."

Thanks to Chris Steins

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Tuesday, April 29, 2003 in Environmental News Network

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