(par 5.1.4.1.1) The New Agricultural Revolution
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-new-agricultural-revolution By CHARLIE BURTON, 17 Nov 2010 Smartphone-controlled tractors that steer themselves via GPS. Intelligent sensors that know precisely how much fertiliser to spray. Precision agriculture lets farmers tame nature with data — thus boosting their crops it’s a sun-soaked August afternoon in Geneseo, Iowa, and Clay Mitchell is driving his crop sprayer down a poker-straight […]
(par 5.1.4.1 ) The Ecological Impact of the Industrial Revolution
http://ens-newswire.com/2018/04/02/the-ecological-impact-of-the-industrial-revolution/ By Eric McLamb Ecology Posted by Ecology Prime in EcologyPrime on April 2, 2018 The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in Earth’s ecology and humans’ relationship with their environment. Relatively overnight, it dramatically changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. Dillingen, Germany, skyline in 1850 as the Industrial Revolution powers world industrialization. Bottom Image: The Shanghai, China, skyline […]
(par 5.1.4.1 ) The Environmental Revolution
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/01/the_environment_2.php The Environmental Revolution by Lester Brown, Washington, D.C One of the most common arguments against shifting to an environmentally sustainable economy is that industry will suffer. I have found the opposite. In fact, restructuring the global economy according to the principles of ecology represents the greatest investment opportunity in history. What we need is […]