Transforming The Global Biosphere
Twelve Futuristic Strategies
By Elliott Maynard, Ph.D

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

The Technosphere vs. the Biosphere
Earth at a Critical Environmental Crossroads
Environmental Issues and Global Security
Global Warning!! Everest, Kilimanjaro, and Peruvian Glaciers Melting
Global Warming Shatters Giant Antarctic Ice Shelf
Collapse of Northern European Cod Fishery Predicted
Atmospheric Pollution: “The Dark Force” vs. the Global Biosphere
Many of Earth’s Lakes Face Ecological Death
Collapse of Northern European Cod Fisheries Predicted
Earth’s Oceans Awash with Pollution
Pollution Kills Thousands of Children

MetaStrategy I: A Unique Transformative Educational System for the Third Millennium

Introduction
The University of the Future Concept
The Evolution of Communications Fluency
CyberLearning
An International Digital Children’s Library
Tele-Robotic Virtual Surgery
VideoGaming Technology as an Educational Tool
Very Distant Learning
The Global Internet and “Webucation”
Creating a Synergistic Learning Community
Village Internet-on-Wheels
Computer Village in the Clouds
Futuristic Education and Subtle-Energy Management
Planetary “Self-Consciousness”
Basic Strategies for a Transformative 21st Century
Educational System

METASTRATEGY II: A Sustainable Global Resource Management Plan

Environmental Deterioration of Earth’s Land Masses
Symptoms of an Unhealthy Planet
20 Years to Repair Mexico’s Environmental Damage?
Our Global Water Crisis
Satellite Monitoring of Global Forest Cover
Polluters Can Run, but They Can’t Hide
Marine Foreign Species Introduction
Underground Fires: A Hidden Cause of Atmospheric
Pollution and Global Warming
Fiber, Not Forests
Paper from Clay?
Paper from Pond Scum
World’s Fastest-Growing Trees
The Test-Tube Forest
Plastic Lumber
Tropical Rainforests: Our Precious Resources
“Clearcutting” the Ocean Floors
Wasteful Fishing Practices
Size Matters
Other Size Benefits
Coral Reefs: our "Undersea Rainforests" 
Rigs to Reefs
Artificial Designer Reefs
New Technologies for Coral Reef Restoration
Electric Reefs
Reef-Fish “Laundering”
BioProspecting the Ocean Depths
Basic Strategies for Enlightened Global Resource Management

METASTRATEGY III: Enlightened Population Management

Introduction
Study Shows that People Take Up Most of the Planet
Cows Are Better Off than Half the World’s Humans
The Specters of Starvation and Aids
New Birth Control Technologies
Eco-Hotel Brings Indigenous Women Together in Mexico
Women and Eco-Justice in Iran
Population Boom (or Bust) for the Future?
A Plan for Achieving a Sustainable U.S. Population
Basic Strategies for Enlightened Population Management Plan

METASTRATEGY IV: A Global Shift to Clean, Renewable Energy Technologies

Pollution of the Global Atmospheric Commons
Soot: A Major Cause of Global Warming
The World’s Dirtiest Fuel
Asia’s “Big Brown Cloud”
California Dream or Toxic Nightmare?
Oil from Coal...Free!
A New Technology for Combining Solar Energy and Wind Power
New Geothermal Technology
A Geothermal-Powered UK?
Passamaquoddy Tidal Power
A New Wave-Power Turbine Technology
Dam-Free Hydropower
More Efficient Electric Motors: A Key to Global Energy Conservation
Squeezing More Energy from the Solar Spectrum
Nuclear Photodeactivation Technology
Fuel from Water
Brown's Gas: Another Revolutionary Fuel-From-Water Technology
A Hydrogen Future
The Next Step...Combining Oil and Hydrogen Technologies
Aneutronic Energy: A Non-Radioactive, Non-Proliferating Nuclear Fusion Technology
Nuclear Fusion Power Technology
“Zero-Point Energy" Device: A Renewable, Pollution-Free Power Source for the Future
Basic Strategies for Clean, Renewable Energy Technologies Production

METASTRATEGY V: A Global “Green Revolution”

A Global Climate Threshold?
Earth’s Natural Resources on “Overdraft”
A “Global Green Deal”
Donating More than Money
The Greening of Japan’s Cities
Earth’s “Natural Internet”
Australia’s Catholic Church and Environmental Reform
The Cost of Magazines in Terms of Trees
Cleaning Up the Planet
Restorative Aquaculture: A New Strategy for Planetary Healing
Restoring the Global Biosphere with Ecological Enhancement Technology
The Greening of Peru’s National Consciousness
Trading Debt for Rainforest Protection: A “Win-Win” Eco-Policy for Peru
Brazil Inaugurates the World’s Largest Tropical National Park
Australia Creates Earth’s Largest Marine Sanctuary
Canada Plans Ten Huge National Parks
Russia’s Lake Baikal and Siberian Parks Endangered
Basic Strategies for a “Global Green Revolution”

METASTRATEGY VI: New Global Strategies for Waste Treatment and Recycling

BioWaste as a Renewable Resource
Built Like a Brick S*** House!
Transforming Chicken Manure into Fuel
Four-Legged Pachyderm Paper Factories
PaperCrete and Paper Adobe
Artificial Reef Memorials
Cleaning Up Water Pollution with Bioremediation Technology
Hydrogen Gas from Wastewater
From Sewage to Wattage
Japan is Tops in Global Can Recycling
Perspectives in Packaging
Having Your Plate and Eating It To
Recyclable Diapers
Biodegradable Plastic Bags
The “EcoSense” of Using Biodegradable Plastics
Transforming Recycled Plastic into Bridges
Industrial Ecology and Co-Generation
Basic Strategies for Global Waste Reduction, Treatment and Recycling

METASTRATEGY VII: Global Guidelines for Sustainable Human Ecologies

Introduction
The Importance of Exercise, Fresh Air, and Sunlight
Indoor Pollution in Our Living and Working Spaces
"Environmental Generational Amnesia"
Trees Enhance San Antonio’s Urban Ecology
The Car-Free Cities Concept
The Slow Cities Movement
Dubai’s Incredible Man-Made Islands
A Futuristic Floating Utopia?
“Lone Star City,” A Car-Free EcoCity of the Future
Jacque Fresco’s Brilliant Vision for the Future of the Human Race
Basic Strategies for Developing Sustainable Human Ecologies

METASTRATEGY VIII: Clean, Energy-Efficient Global Transportation Systems

The Hypercar Concept
A Compressed-Air-Powered Car
StarPort: An Airport Design for the Third Millennium
Sky Cat Airships
An American Maglev Network?
"Aerobus" A Futuristic Mass-Transit System
Cruise Ships: Polluters of the High Seas
Fast, Efficient, Environmentally Compatible Mass-Transit Railways
Basic Strategies for Creating Fast, Efficient Global Transportation Systems

METASTRATEGY IX: A Global Shift from Consumption-Driven to Ecologically-Appropriate Lifestyles

Our Over-Consuming Culture
Exotic Chinese Dining: The Irresistible Lure of Eating Endangered Wildlife!!
Seahorse Aquaculture
“Cultural Creatives” the New Social Transformers
The Emerging Ecological Revolution
An Inexpensive Portable Water Sterilizer
Recycling for Profit in Kenya
Making a Difference: The Man Who Planted 30,000 Trees
Basic Strategies for a Planetaryl Shift from Consumption-Driven to Ecologically-Appropriate Lifestyles

METASTRATEGY X: A Worldwide Shift from a Meat-Based Diet, to a Protein-Based Diet

The Environmental Cost of Eating Meat
The Real Cost of Eating Shrimp
It’s a Fish-Eat-Fish World
Dolphin-Safe Tuna
Green Fast Food: A Step in the Right Direction?
Basic Strategies for a Global Shift from a Meat-Based to Protein-Based Diet

METASTRATEGY XI: A Global Strategy for Creation and Distribution of SuperFoods

Food Producer-to-Table Distance Continues to Increase
Naturally Fast Food
Spirulina: Nature’s SuperFood
The “Living Lunchbox” Concept
Designer Diets Produce Hi-Nutrient Fish
A Big Shrimp Story
In-Vitro Cell Culture and BioReactors: New Future-Food Technologies
Perspectives and Conclusions
Basic Strategies for Creation and Distribution of SuperFoods

METASTRATEGY XII: New Scientific Applications of Consciousness Technology

Introduction
Radionics: An Alternative Subtle-Energy Technology For the Third Millennium
The “Eyes” of Gaia
Psi-Microvision: A Psi-Tech Tool for Reinventing Traditional Science and Technology
The Force-Multiplier Effect: An Effective Tool for Cultural Transformation
Collective Consciousness: A Powerful Transformative Force
Internet-Based Torsionic Meditation: A Mechanism for Shifting Global Consciousness
Basic Strategies for New Scientific Applications of Consciousness Technology

The Future of the Global Biosphere: Perspectives and Possibilities

Introduction
A Promising Recovery for the Great Barrier Reef
Africa’s Hidden Waters
Flashing Fish BioMonitor
An Elephant Orchestra
Return of the Swordfish
Antarctic Ozone Hole Closing?
Cloning Earth’s Oldest Trees: A Priceless Legacy for Future Generations
Traditional 20th Century Paradigms
Transitional, or Gateway Paradigms
New Paradigms for the TriMillennium
A New TriMillennium Center for Future-Science
Technology and Planetary Enhancement
Final Thoughts

BASIC RESOURCES

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