Survey: The environment and DU's thoughts on it.

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2. Mine:

I am a technical editor for an environmental consulting firm.


1: Our natural resources and ecological systems have high value. Totally agree.

2: Our natural resources and ecological systems are finite. Totally agree.

3: Our finite natural resources and ecological systems must be effectively managed, maintained, and enhanced. Somewhat agree. "Management" means different things to different people. Many areas do need to be managed, but there should also be many areas that are left alone.

4: We are using up our natural resources and the carrying capacity of our ecological systems faster than they can be replaced, replenished or restored. Totally agree.

5: We have now reached many resource and carrying capacity limits and are experiencing the consequences. Examples of these consequences include volatile oil prices, climate change, water shortages, and more. Totally agree.

6: We must act now, investing heavily in mitigation and/or adaptation of these causes and consequences before they become inevitable, devastating and irreversible. Totally agree, but with the caveat that we need to manage ourselves as much as we need to manage natural systems.