Subject: Science Communication

Posted by Sharon Villines on 7/13/2009
In Reply To:Science Communication Posted by Sang-Don Lee on 7/13/2009

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On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Sangdon Lee wrote:

> I found that many people are really scared and worried because what
> China are doing is to follow what Westerners have been doing (in a
> negative sense); unlimited growth in industrial development, lack of
> concern on pollution, natural resources, environmental disaster, etc.

In Collapse, Jared Diamond says he has no fear of China dominating the world because their environmental awareness is so bad. They are deforesting their land very rapidly, a key feature for Diamond in cultural collapse, and they actually buy garbage from other countries.

Sharon

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Science Communication - Sang-Don Lee 7/16/2009