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CALL TO ENGINEERS
Pages 39-44

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... Engineers have a capacity for much greater influence over policy than they are aware of or have chosen to exercise historically. They must intrude themselves actively in structures, in macro-and micro-systems throughout the world, and contribute to policy formulation in the areas of population, food, and resources.
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From page 40...
... In a speech before the World Population Society in February l974, President Seamans identified the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment as a major mechanism wherein the knowledge and perceptions of engineers might be heard and be useful. It is equally obvious that such an office must be established at the Executive level and that engineers should be in the forefront demanding it.
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From page 41...
... The present annual world population growth rate of 2 percent means that more than 76 million people are added to our planet each year. Each new person requires the basic necessities for life support, such as food and housing, from the earth's dwindling resources.
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... New curricula in population education, multi-disciplinary in scope and management-oriented in context; (6) Multibillion dollar funding for the population field in all of its aspects; (7)
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From page 43...
... Engineers, both as individuals and through active participation in NAE, can provide new leadership, but they should prepare for a long and difficult effort in the search for solutions -- rational and humane solutions that will ensure the survival and dignity of man.
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