冈特鲍利是蓝色经济概念创始人,全心投入研究创新的蓝色经济模式,推广以无废弃、零污染、低成本的方式来解决环境问题,以求人类社会与自然生态皆能永续发展。他于1983年当选世界十大杰出青年,是生态工厂的先驱生态绿色组织(Ecover)的前主席,在欧洲建立了第一家生态工厂。1994年创办零排放研究创新基金会(Zero Emissions Research Initiatives,ZERI),致力于把生产过程重新设计成不污染环境的丛生工业(clustered industry)。
鹦鹉产蛋的时候到了!随着森林被砍伐,树 冠几乎全被毁了,她能找到一棵适合筑巢的 树实属幸运。鹦鹉回到衬有柔软树叶和羽毛 的树洞里面时,发现一只蜂王在同样的位置 建造着自己的家。 蜂王,恕我直言,鹦鹉说,是我先到 这儿的!
It is time for a parrot to lay her eggs. As the forest has been cut down and the forest canopy all but destroyed, she is lucky to have found a suitable tree for her nest. Returning to the hole in the tree with soft leaves and feathers to line it, she finds that a queen bee is making herself at home in the very same spot. With all due respect to you, Queen, says the parrot, I was here first!
远在你出现之前,我的祖先就住在这片林 子里,你怎么可以宣称自己是第一个到这儿 的呢?蜂王回应道。 好吧!那是很多代之前的事儿啦,没人记 得谁真正最先到这儿的。然而,我要告诉你 的是,我马上要产蛋了,我无法想象我的孩 子与蜜蜂分享筑巢地的情形!
How can you claim to have been here first when my ancestors have been living in this forest long before you came along? responds the bee. Well, that was so many generations ago that no one can remember who really was here first. What I can tell you though, is that I need to lay my eggs right now and I cannot imagine my chicks sharing a nesting site with bees!
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