... , which man calls home, is approximately 5 billion years old. The science of paleontology tells us that man is a relative new comer to the planet. Modern man did not arrive on the scene until approximately 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Developments in hunting, agriculture, literacy, and the sciences, have allowed man to thrive ... and inhabit nearly every corner of the planet. However, this success has not been good for the earth. The world's population has recently surpassed 6 billion and the developed countries community models and lifestyles are not sustainable. Due to ... rapid, unres...

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... , eventually found itself unprepared and almost blind in the midst of the "environmental crisis" brought about by the models of "economic development" in both East and West. Global Change The planet's environmental crisis is the sure negative side of "Global Change", now the official term for the clear change in the condition of the "Global System" brought about by man's activities ... regard it as a mainly "cultural" process, and who speculate whether or not the future will bring a single, global culture. The interaction of national cultures has always been present on the planet, and th...

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