Humans have always shown remarkable skill, innovation and ingenuity when faced by environmental hurdles. Instead of competing with or opposing the environment, they cooperate with it by resorting to 'ecological engineering', Ecos, co-evolution and the ecological paradigm. This article briefly discusses these key issues that can reshape this world. The term "ecological engineering", was first coined by Howard T. Odum in 1962. He is now Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, where his work in …showed first 75 words of 728 total…

…showed last 75 words of 728 total…information to the system, they modify their environment to better use the opportunities it offers. This has been referred to as "co-evaluation," and it ensures the optimum environment of the survival of the ecosystem. The ecological paradigm reveals how to safely utilise the polluting components of unwanted residuals, or "wastes", to ultimately grow plants that have economic value. Planning, engineering and design with the ecological paradigm as our template are the work of sustainable strategies.