冈特鲍利是蓝色经济概念创始人,全心投入研究创新的蓝色经济模式,推广以无废弃、零污染、低成本的方式来解决环境问题,以求人类社会与自然生态皆能永续发展。他于1983年当选世界十大杰出青年,是生态工厂的先驱生态绿色组织(Ecover)的前主席,在欧洲建立了第一家生态工厂。1994年创办零排放研究创新基金会(Zero Emissions Research Initiatives,ZERI),致力于把生产过程重新设计成不污染环境的丛生工业(clustered industry)。
一只黑猩猩正注视着一群蜜蜂不停地筑巢。 黑猩猩想得到一些蜂蜜,所以偷听了蜂群的 谈话。 你们吃了太多的蜂蜜,但却没有生产足够 的蜂蜡。蜂王斥责道。
A chimpanzee is watching a swarm of bees working away at their hive. He wants some of their honey so is eavesdropping on their conversation. You are eating too much honey and not making enough wax, scolds the queen bee.
抱歉,陛下。一只工蜂回答道,我们 正竭尽全力挤压出蜡片,用来建造蜂巢。 为了让温度保持在35摄氏度,我们还需 要更多蜜蜂扇动他们的翅膀。蜂王坚持 道,这是我们能让蜂蜡保持坚固,但仍具 可塑性以用于筑巢的唯一方式。
I apologise, Your Majesty, responds one of the worker bees. We are doing the best we can to squeeze out flakes of wax to make the honeycomb. We also need more bees to flap their wings to keep the temperature at exactly 35 degrees Celsius, insists the queen. This is the only way we can keep the wax firm but still workable enough to build the hive.