Hello everyone and welcome to the inaugural forum of the "Walk on the Wild Side" group of environmentalists. Our goal here is to protect the natural environment and the integrity of human nature from the destructive potential of science and technology. My opening address will focus on two creative works composed by artists who share our concerns. Aldous Huxley expressed his concern about the growing power and influence of science in the word after the …showed first 75 words of 1052 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1052 total…from the compositions of these two artists. We must work together to save our natural heritage from today's threats of global warming, rainforest logging, water shortage, overpopulation and poverty. Like Huxley and Scott we have to monitor the threat to human and physical nature from accelerating science and consumerism. Thankyou for your attention, there are copies of the novel and film for sale in the foyer as well as 'Walk on the Wild Side' merchandise.