 | 1981 - Страниц: 384
...have shaped humankind. We cannot escape from the past, but neither can we avoid inventing the future. With our knowledge and a sense of responsibility for...create new environments that are ecologically sound, esthetically satisfying, economically rewarding, and favorable to the continued growth of civilization.... | |
 | Norris Hundley Jr. - 2023 - Страниц: 830
...is done. In The Wooing of Earth (1980), Dubos, a Frenchman, calls for establishing around the world "new environments that are ecologically sound, aesthetically...favorable to the continued growth of civilization." Though acknowledging that preservation of some wilderness is commendable, he believes that the "environmental... | |
 | Alan Wittbecker - 2006 - Страниц: 258
...natural forces that have shaped humanity. Dubos celebrates the human ability to woo the earth by creating new environments that are "ecologically sound, aesthetically...favorable to the continued growth of civilization." While that is noble and just, and realistic, there are two erroneous assumptions contained therein.... | |
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...natural forces that have shaped humanity. Dubos celebrates the human ability to woo the earth by creating new environments that are "ecologically sound, aesthetically...favorable to the continued growth of civilization." While that is noble and just, and realistic, there are two erroneous assumptions contained therein.... | |
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Earth, we can create new environments that are ecologically sound, esthetically satisfying, economically rewarding, and favorable to the continued growth of civilization. But the wooing of the Earth will have a lastingly successful outcome only if we... 