JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2017

The lead articles in this issue of JCTR Bulletin address the issue of ecological crisis from the point of view of offering some response to this global issue. The authors of the three lead articles suggest how to address the troubled relationship between nature and human activities. Recent measurements of the human ecological footprint have shown that humanity’s demands on nature have sharply increased over the past few decades. This is in contrast with nature’s limited ability to sustain us, or to absorb the waste coming from our varied operations. Recent climatic disasters from droughts, storms and cyclones present an imminent threat to ecological balance.