Are we that far away from developing landfill free communities? Will we be able to shift our habits and value our perceived wastes as valuable resources?
If our natural systems were stewarded and cultivated responsibly, and our infrastructure depended on these natural systems, we would create a unique symbiotic relationship. Natural systems are the most sustainable systems in the world, even man tries to emulate nature in modern design. In moving toward a more sustainable future, there is only one option. Integration with local ecology.
The infrastructure issues that we face today are a direct result of our past actions. It is up to us to choose whether we simply fund repairs to obsolete infrastructure that will continue to draw vast resources, or that we begin to retool or replace our outdated infrastructure with the next generation of ecologically integrated infrastructure.