Bitter competition for its waters and ecological costs seem unlikely to wane.
And it reflected an attentiveness to the ecological costs of tearing something down and rebuilding from scratch.
Politicians are banning the bottles, and restaurateurs are wiping them off their menus, calling attention to the ecological costs of moving millions of bottles around the world and around the United States — not to mention disposing of all those containers.
By pushing himself further than even the most conscientious recyclers and locavores are usually willing to go, Mr. Beavan hoped to raise awareness both about the ecological costs of overconsumption and about possible solutions to the problem.
Any ecological costs will have to be measured against the benefits, such as the decent jobs that will come to the region and the taxable income that will support city services.
Markets have systematically failed to internalise social and ecological costs and hence have aggravated non-sustainability and inequality in terms of access to water.The right to water cannot be left to arbitrary, volatile, insatiable markets.
"When you only look at the raw materials to ask if something is really green, you are like the blind person holding the tail of the elephant," said Chris Van Dyke, chief executive of Nau, a three-year-old outdoor clothing line founded on the principle of sustainable practices throughout its production cycle, including the ecological costs of shipping and caring for garments.
"Until All the Fish Are Gone" (editorial, Jan . 21, about the economic and ecological costs of overfishing, did not include nations like the United States, Australia, Iceland, Canada and New Zealand, which have implemented effective policies to end overfishing and rebuild stocks.
This year, next year, sometime... Homes for the homeless An overdue reform of justice ReprintsCritics of this kind of farming point to its limited social benefits, and to its ecological costs, which include soil erosion and the heavy use of chemicals.
Because of its worldwide effect on weather, ENSO can have high economic, social, and ecological costs.
Storage of these tailings occupies large areas of land and leads to high monetary, environmental and ecological costs.
