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hat I’d like to see one day – and very soon, too – is a school for industrial environmentalists – one that


will produce the next-generation industry chieftains, whose priority would be to make their companies profits but in the most nature-resource-preserving manner. So next time we experience droughts, water companies will have the perfect solutions in place and running, perhaps consisting of a comprehensive infrastructure of water storage facilities, desalination of sea water for certain industrial and agricultural purposes, ways of recycling water, a tiered way of supplying water to customers – possibly even ‘releasing’ grey water at certain times of day, for example for garden use. I am also hoping for a fully-functional system of importing water – much like oil and gas today – from places where it regularly rains and is found in abundance. We must harness whatever we can salvage in the best way, to balance things out as much as possible.


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Water, food, natural resources and more are rapidly becoming scarce – conditions very likely to get worse in the near future, whether due to Earth’s own natural cycles and processes or the impact of human activities. All resources are finite and we must see them as such – they can’t be exhausted to the point there’s nothing left. And industry cannot function in isolation either – so it must get involved, and fast. The same applies to academia. So between the two, let’s start creating a new generation of thinkers, engineers and scientists that will make systems and solutions to preserve what nature provides, and at the same time give what humans crave the most – financial returns. So, let’s develop those courses – from primary school to university level, and beyond – and see how we can turn this Titanic into a smooth-sailing vessel.


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