The first video below suggest that in the future this may be possible, if we embrace nanotechnology and genetic engineering. Is technology alone the answer to humanity's problems?
If growing food on the sides of buildings frees up land, would such land be used for malls, housing or food for more people?
Or should we restore such land to working ecosystems with high biodiversity? What is the value in that for humans? Is it really worth anything economically?
Thinking about natural ecosystems as a biological technology that provides humanity with high-value services may help future developers integrate conserved natural areas with urban and industrial areas. In this way, mitigating the effects of climate change, creating jobs, protecting housing from floods, purifying waste, protecting threatened species and improving human lives may all be possible. Do we have to change the current economic system to achieve this?
Can an Ecological Economy, a symbiosis between the technologies of man and natural ecosystems, emerge from unrestrained capitalism?
More on economic symbiosis...
How about a sustainable debt-free currency system?
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interesting .... will think more on it.
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