minute paper 1/29/08

Both of the articles we read and discussed in class today brought up the issue that we(mankind) have an obligation to look at the potential problems of the future in order to implement resolutions today that may (as we see it) help out our children tomorrow. This demand to implement sustainability for our children is a recent phenomenon as the industrial revolution and technology have driven such change in such a short amount of time. For thousands of years mankind has seen little change (until the last 100 years) and there was no need to think outside the box because things were so constant with little to no change.