| A cleaning environment is one where the pollution | | | | remaining parts of the world which are still |
| of the past is remediated and cleaned with time | | | | undeveloped. Globally, indigenous people inhabit |
| to remove existing historic risk to the | | | | areas with some of the highest remaining |
| environment and public health. A cleaning | | | | biodiversity on the planet and are actively being |
| environment implies a return of the natural | | | | engaged as partners in biodiversity conservation. |
| endemic local ecology, and is an ideal to strive for. | | | | Issues of sustainable development, resource |
| We need to create a cleaning environment if our | | | | management and ecological restoration all include |
| marvels of science and technology are going to | | | | native stakeholders. Global harmony is possible, |
| be matched, and not outweighed, by many | | | | yet confrontations take place more often than |
| current tragedies, including human starvation in | | | | meaningful dialogues for peace. Our science and |
| some parts of the world and extinction of other | | | | technology has done much good, but if we are |
| life forms. Global warming is taking place and is an | | | | not careful its unimagined polluting effects will be |
| increase in the Earth's average temperature. This, | | | | matched, if not outweighed, by the many, |
| in turn, causes climate changes. Global warming | | | | including depletion of resources which is destroying |
| also could cause droughts and disrupt agriculture. | | | | the possibility for people to bring up children in a |
| A cleaning environment means not despoiling the | | | | clean environment. |