I think we have barely scratched the surface and there is a lot of improvement needed in the general population and also in industry. it will take a long time for that to happen before we even begin to undo some of the damage we have already done. Realistically i think now we need many more people to wake up and begin doing as much as they can just so we can slow the rate of damage for now. Our whole way of living in modern life is completely unsustainable especially considering how many people there are on the planet. We can't scrap everything and start again so it will take decades to rethink and rebuild our society to get to that point IMO

TG_W ... thanks for the reply. I agree there is a lot more that needs to be done.

This kinda goes along with my post:
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/151/we-ve-come-a-long-way-baby.html

sadly, the damage humanity has done already is immense, changing the system in self-perpetuating ways we're barely starting to understand - the change in behavior of a minority of us helps slow the progression, but the real change needs to be a major societal shift to adapt to the unalterably modified environment .... don't expect the planet to return to times past, no reversions likely in our lifetimes

Bill

We must be doing something right as the Eagle population is expanding in our area.
The farmer who rents near my house has gone all organic from the feed he grows to the milk he produces to the beef he sells.
I'm seeing record number of folks taking in scrap metal to be recycled....I'm sure the price they are getting for the junk has something to do with it BUT at least it's not sitting and decaying in someones yard, it's becoming usable.
I'm also seeing more peeps riding bikes to town.