In
this era and at the beginning of 2014 most city people will look out
of their windows and only see man made objects, generally these are
designed by Structural Engineers, Civil Engineers and Designers with
only a few traces of the natural world present; an odd tree, a few
blades of grass or a few patio pots are the only items which link
them back to their roots. The day-to-day existence of most city
dwellers is totally dependant on the performance of utilities
infrastructure companies.
The
extreme wet and windy weather patterns over the Christmas period
within the British Isles has clearly demonstrated this point. The
weather and environment factor is not an isolated phenomena but a
global problem which Governments need to correctly understand and
stop merely trying to pay voting lip service to and thereafter allow
the financial institutions to carry on in a myopic manner.
In
the modern world unless social/environment models significantly
change it will become more difficult and much more costly to live on
Planet Earth. Where will the prosperity come from to support this?
The developed world's economic model based on continual growth cannot
work in the longer term and the sooner that the G20 countries
recognise this, the better the quality of life for the general
public.
Societies
must become more aware of holistic ways of life and must become more
self governing and respectful of the piece of Planet Earth which they
are inhabiting but benefit from knowledge sharing and accessible good
global database stores. Humans must also learn, as the population
density grows even further, to design places of habitation which
provide homes for other forms of nature. Bees, birds insects alike
need to be recognised as important species with which mankind cannot
in the long term survive without, or do we evolve into machines and
become extinct?
The
time has come to be truly respectful of Planet Earth and all that
dwell within its sphere. We need to learn to harmonise the needs of
all and try to understand the Grand Design and from this learn to
design respectively and sustainably. Resources are finite and we need
to use them carefully and wisely.
