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Forests ... Are In Fact The World's Air-conditioning System-the Very Lungs Of The Planet-and Help To Store The Largest Body Of Freshwater On The Planet ... Essential To Produce Food For Our Planet's Growing Population. The Rainforests Of The World Also Provide The Livelihoods Of More Than A Billion Of The Poorest People On This Earth... In Simple Terms, The Rainforests, Which Encircle The World, Are Our Very Life-support System-and We Are On The Verge Of Switching It Off.

Why Can't We Have Those Curves And Arches That Express Feeling In Design? What Is Wrong With Them? Why Has Everything Got To Be Vertical, Straight, Unbending, Only At Right Angles - And Functional?

To Get The Best Results You Must Talk To Your Vegetables.

If You Think About The Impact Of Climate Change, [it Should Be How] A Doctor Would Deal With The Problem. A Scientific Hypothesis Is Tested To Absolute Destruction, But Medicine Can't Wait. If A Doctor Sees A Child With A Fever, He Can't Wait For [endless] Tests. He Has To Act On What Is There. The Risk Of Delay Is So Enormous That We Can't Wait Until We Are Absolutely Sure The Patient Is Dying.

A Large Number Of Us Have Developed A Feeling That Architects Tend To Design Houses For The Approval Of Fellow Architects And Critics, Not For The Tenants.