I Think It's Something That Dawns On

The Whole Imposing Edifice Of Modern Medicine Is Like The Celebrated Tower Of Pisa - Slightly Off Balance.

It Is Now 14 Years Since I First Suggested That Organic Farming Might Have Some Benefits And Ought To Be Taken Seriously. I Shall Never Forget The Vehemence Of The Reaction.. Much Of It Coming From The Sort Of People Who Regard Agriculture As An Industrial Process, With Production As The Sole Yardstick Of Success.

Some Recent Occurrences Such As The Bse Disaster And Even Perhaps - Dare I Mention It - The Present Severe Weather Conditions In Our Country Are, I Have No Doubt, The Consequences Of Mankind's Arrogant Disregard Of The Delicate Balance Of Nature. We Have To Find A Way Of Ensuring That Our Remarkable And Seemingly Beneficial Advances In Technology Do Not Just Become The Agents Of Our Own Destruction.

Scientists Themselves Readily Admit That They Do Not Fully Understand The Consequences Of Our Many-faceted Assault Upon The Interwoven Fabric Of Atmosphere, Water, Land And Life In All Its Biological Diversity. But Things Could Also Turn Out To Be Worse Than The Current Scientific Best Guess. In Military Affairs, Policy Has Long Been Based On The Dictum That We Should Be Prepared For The Worst Case. Why Should It Be So Different When The Security Is That Of The Planet And Our Long-term Future?

My Rainforests Project ... Has Three Main Elements. Firstly, To Determine How Much Funding The Rainforest Countries Need To Re-orientate Their Economies So That The Trees Are Worth More Alive Than Dead.