Abstract

We have worked for quite some time on ecological sustainability problems and come to believe in the need for something called Nature Quotient, or NQ. To us, NQ is more than a measure; it certainly needs to accommodate human perceptions, reflections, and imagination, not just about nature but also the nature-human nexus in its deepest meaning. That’s why even satire and comics will have a role to play. The concept has even been projected onto something seemingly more removed topic, such as artificial intelligence. But, at the end of the day, intelligence whether coming from humans or machines will only be sustained in a sustainable environment.