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)。
在树木稀疏的小山坡上,一只貘正看着一只松鼠在树木间跳来跳去。 你还记得这些山上曾经长满了竹子吗?貘问道。我没看到过,但是我祖母曾经说过。她还说那时候这里更凉爽,每年的降雨量更大。松鼠回答道。
On a sparsely wooded hillside, a tapir is watching a squirrel leap from tree to tree.Remember when these mountains were covered in bamboo? asks the tapir.I never saw it myself, but my grandma told me about it. She also said that it used to be much cooler during the day and that we had more rain all year round, replies the squirrel.
嗯, 自从桉树种得越来越多,土地就变得越来越干燥了。为什么人们要种这种疯狂吸水的树,并且放任它生长呢?这对土地一点好处也没有。你知道,农民们听说这种外来的树长得比其他树更快。
Well, since the eucalyptus tree became so popular, the soil is much drier.How can anyone plant a tree that guzzles so much water? And then allow it to keep on growing? Its not good for the soil. You see, farmers were told that this alien tree would grow faster than any other tree.