Are we the Great Leap Backward?

Quote of the week:

"Everybody should care whether birds survive, because birds are part of the ecology of this planet--and we won't like it when they're gone."

Randi Doeker, President of the Chicago Ornithological Society, speaking about why architects and building owners ought to be taking steps to prevent the billion-plus annual bird deaths from colliding into glass windows. To learn about what we can do to prevent these window collisions, see my post on Windowkills Conference.