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"It's not so much where we are now, but where we'll be in 30 years' time," says Peter Lockley, head of policy development at the Aviation Environment Federation in London. "We need to bring global carbon emissions down rapidly, but this sector is just going to grow."
Airplane manufacturers and airlines are working on ways to cut carbon emissions by raising fuel efficiency - building lighter and more aerodynamic planes, towing jets on the ground, and improving engine capacity. Designers are looking at running planes on biofuel, and Virgin Atlantic head Richard Branson has promised to build a...
The tenets of ecopsychology - which integrates nature into psychotherapy, based on the idea that a connection to nature benefits and inspires the human mind - have been knocking around mental-health circles since the early 1990s. But recent and increasing fears of global warming have given the discipline new momentum. At...
...global environmental conditions worsen, many people are recognizing that there are serious problems with the way we relate to the environment," says Swift. "People are drawn to a field like this as a way to help us connect with the environment. They realize there is a potential healing relationship between humans and the natural world...
When I asked him for visions of 100 years from now, Van Praagh nailed surprisingly clear predictions. "Funny thing is?this sounds weird?but something that has to protect the skin. I don't want to say space suits, but something that protects us from rays coming through. Something that...