“Our ingenuity in feeding ourselves is prodigious, but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature's ways of doing things, as when we seek to maximize efficiency by planting crops or raising animals in vast mono-cultures. This is something nature never does, always and for good reasons practicing diversity instead. A great many of the health and environmental problems created by our food system owe to our attempts to oversimplify nature's complexities, at both the growing and the eating ends of our food chain.” WayDoeEndsReasonProblemCultureAnimalTechnologyGrowingConflictDiversityEatingPlantEnvironmentalVariousChainsComplexityGreat MenEfficiencyFeedingCropsIngenuityFood ChainProdigiousEnvironmental ProblemsMono Book:The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World
“Clean air and water, a diversity of animal and plant species, soil and mineral resources, and predictable weather are annuities that will pay dividends for as long as the human race survives – and may even extend our stay on Earth.” HumansMayLongEarthWaterAnimalPayRaceAirDiversityResourcesCleanPlantSpeciesWeatherHuman RaceSoilPredictableMineralsDividendsClean AirAir And WaterMineral Resources Author:Alex Steffen
“Planners and designers should encourage as much diversity in human habitats as they find in animal habitats. It is not possible to resolve all conflicts or to gain all ends. Choices have to be made. Different aspects of the public good should be stressed in different places. To achieve variety in land use patterns, there should also be a variety of relationships between the professions, not an institutionalized decision-making tree. Relationships between the constructive professions should, therefore, be deconstructed.” ShouldHumansMadeDifferentEndsUseChoicesDecisionAnimalTreeLandAchieveConflictDiversityGainsAspectPatternsProfessionVarietyDesignerDecision MakingResolveConstructiveStressedDifferent PlaceHabitatBiodiversityPlannersPublic GoodLand Use Author:Tom Turner
“As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths, the greater is likely to be the divergence of beliefs.” MenLongReligionFaithBeliefAnimalKnowledgeLearningPathGreaterDiversityRespectFundamentalsRemainsIndividualismDiverseInquiringFree ThoughtUnanimityDivergence Author:Arthur Keith
“I'm turned on by diversity. I'm turned on by things that are different. I like different animals, I like different ways of travel, and I like different people.” PeopleWayDifferentAnimalDiversityDifferent WaysDifferent PeoplesDifferent Animals Author:Dominic Monaghan