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Introducing... The Seven ECO WONDERS of the World
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June 1, 2008
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The Taj Mahal. Machu Picchu. And the Eden Project?
Present and future landmarks that embody our new era of sustainability in a way that past lists never could have
The Seven Wonders of the World. The phrase, first used by ancient Greek historians like Herodotus, recalls a simpler time, when the human influence over nature was an awesome mystery. From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Great Pyramid of Giza, the magnitude and mastery displayed by the ancient wonders were staggering to our ancestors.
Century by century, through advances in technology, engineering, and exploration, our collective sense of what constitutes a marvel has changed. But even recent rankings of world wonders - a ...