When I think of the future, I often imagine a vast, deserted wasteland, inhabited by roving gangs of vicious nomads scouring the countryside for resources and sustenance. While Hollywood's apocalyptic versions of the future are certainly partly to blame, it also doesn't help that we humans are going through our natural resources like rappers blowing through dollar bills at a strip club. But reading the second half of Cradle to Cradle was a burst of sunshine through my gloomy visions of the Earth's future.
In our current state of affairs, it is practically impossible to remain a member of the modern world and not contribute to the beast that is rapidly consuming our one and only world. So it is really encouraging to read how we may be able to have an "Industrial Re-evolution" to dramatically alter our deeply flawed industrial infrastructure. Although it may be impossible to curb our insatiable materialistic appetites, its good to hear that we may be able to someday consume sustainably.
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