In his book 'The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century' Dr. Dickson Despommier presents the quite logical and simple solution: We should turn sky scrapers into hydroponic gardens.
"Imagine," the inside jacket reads, "a world where every town has its own local food source grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport you to nature's grocery store -- imagine the world of the vertical farm.'
It's an amazing approach to solving so many problems and it's hard to imagine why we can't do it. I really suggest you read the book. Maybe we can apply some of the ideas to our own lives. Dr. Despommier isn't some whacked out nut case spouting off save the world nonsense. He was a professor of microbiology and public health in environmental health sciences at Columbia University for thirty-eight years and has been asked by the governments of China, India, Mexico, Jordan, Brazil, Canada and Korea to work on their environmental problems.
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