Technogaianism

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Technogaianism (a

bright green environmentalist stance of active support for the research, development and use of emerging and future technologies to help restore Earth's environment. Technogaianists argue that developing safe, clean, alternative technology should be an important goal of environmentalists and environmentalism.[1]

Philosophy

This point of view is different from the default position of

microbes that devour hazardous waste.[1]

While many environmentalists[

risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth such as a possible impact event.[1]

Sociologist

environmental management is found in the reconciliation ecology writings such as Michael Rosenzweig's Win-Win Ecology: How The Earth's Species Can Survive In The Midst of Human Enterprise;[2] and considers Bruce Sterling's Viridian design movement to be an exemplary technogaian initiative.[1][4]

The theories of English writer Fraser Clark may be broadly categorized as technogaian. [according to whom?] Clark advocated "balancing the hippie right brain with the techno left brain". The idea of combining technology and ecology was extrapolated at length by a South African eco-anarchist project in the 1990s. The Kagenna Magazine project aimed to combine technology, art, and ecology in an emerging movement that could restore the balance between humans and nature.

earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.[5] Dvorksky also suggest that genetic engineering could be used to reduce the environmental impact humans have on the earth.[5]

Methods

Environmental monitoring

VAFB
See also: Earth observation satellite and Environmental monitoring

Technology facilities the sampling, testing, and monitoring of various environments and ecosystems. NASA uses space-based observations to conduct research on solar activity, sea level rise, the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans, the state of the ozone layer, air pollution, and changes in sea ice and land ice.[6]

Geoengineering

See also: Climate engineering

Climate engineering is a technogaian method that uses two categories of technologies-

solar radiation
.

Earthquake engineering is a technogaian method concerned with protecting society and the natural and man-made environment from earthquakes by limiting the seismic risk to acceptable levels.[7] Another example of a technogaian practice is an artificial

atmosphere, temperature, or ecology to be similar to those of Earth in order to make it habitable by humans.[9]

Genetic engineering

See also: Genetic engineering and Genetically modified food controversies

S. Matthew Liao, professor of philosophy and bioethics at New York University, claims that the human impact on the environment could be reduced by genetically engineering humans to have, a smaller stature, an intolerance to eating meat, and an increased ability to see in the dark, thereby using less lighting.[10] Liao argues that human engineering is less risky than geoengineering.[11]

Genetically modified foods have reduced the amount of herbicide and insecticide needed for cultivation. The development of glyphosate-resistant (Roundup Ready) plants has changed the herbicide use profile away from more environmentally persistent herbicides with higher toxicity, such as atrazine, metribuzin and alachlor, and reduced the volume and danger of herbicide runoff.[12]

An environmental benefit of Bt-cotton and maize is reduced use of chemical insecticides.

lacewings and spiders and extended environmental benefits to neighbouring crops of maize, peanuts and soybeans.[18][19]

Examples of implementation

Related environmental ethical schools and movements

See also

References

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  4. ^ Sterling, Bruce (2001). "Viridian: The Manifesto of January 3, 2000". Retrieved 2007-01-28. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ a b c George Dvorsky, 7 Best-Case Scenarios for the Future of Humanity, Sentient Developments, (Feb. 2, 2013).
  6. ^ Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet: NASA's Role, Taking a global perspective on Earth's climate
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  20. ^ Jan Suszkiw (November 1999). "Tifton, Georgia: A Peanut Pest Showdown". Agricultural Research magazine. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-23.

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