Growing technologies or dying nature?

Technology; As per dictionary

• tech·nol·o·gy/tekˈnäləjē/• Noun:The application of scientific knowledge

for practical purposes, esp. in industry: "computer technology"; "recycling technologies".

• Machinery and equipment developed from such scientific knowledge.

What wikipedia has to say

• Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques,crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments.

Nature

• na·ture/ˈnāCHər/• Noun:The phenomena of the physical world

collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the...

• The physical force regarded as causing and regulating these phenomena: "it is impossible to change the laws of nature".

What Wikipedia has to say

• Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world,physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic.

• The word nature is derived from theLatin word natura, or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth".

Why Technology?

• Communication is quick• Travel is fast• Action is quick• Things that once took hours to complete, can

be done in seconds• Electricity• Preserved or processed food• Computers and Internet in education

Contd…

• Efficiency• Cost Effectiveness• Sustainability• Optimum Utilization• Increased production• Better human life

Happy Planet Index

• In effect it operationalises the IUCN's (World Conservation Union) call for a metric capable of measuring 'the production of human well-being.

• What it should be1. US 2. Russia3. France4. Japan5. Germany6. China

What is Actually is

1. Costa Rica2. Vietnam3. Colombia32 India139 Australia150 United States165 Belarus166 Qatar

Today’s Technology• Globalization - Globalization is the process of international

integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture.

• Information Technology - Information technology (IT) is concerned with the development, management, and use of computer-based information systems.

• Modern Education - Education in its general sense is a form oflearning in which knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, research, or simply through autodidacticism.

• Modern - mod·ern/ˈmädərn/• Adjective:Of or relating to the present or recent times as opposed

to the remote past.• Noun:A person who advocates or practices a departure from

traditional styles or values.

What is nature or Natural?

• Natural means that which exists without intervention of the human species.

• But the concept is entirely anthropocentric, so it is seen only from the perspective, and with the attitudes and values, that are specific to the human species

• Anthropocentric - Regarding humans as the central element of the universe.

What does Humans need to survive?

• Primary Needs• Food and Water• Shelter• Secondary Needs• Energy• Health/Sanitation• Sources:• (1) http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1619/16190660.htm• (2) http://rainforests.mongabay.com/10wotango.htm• (3) http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2000/10/• (4) http://marinebio.org/Oceans/OceanDumping.asp

Natural Technology

• Solar Energy• Wind Energy, Tidal Energy, Geothermal....• Natural remedies;• Massage, Acupuncture and Shiatsu - ‘Kampo’ in Japan• Yoga and Ayurveda of India• Yin and yang of China• Unani, Sound Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Herbalism,

Cupping

Growing “Natural technology”

• Larger natural energy dependence• Localization• The definition of “MODERN” itself says that is

is old and the word should be outdated by now.

• Sustainable Growth = Nature + Technology