Schukov: Better late than never with sustainable development

With apologetic reference to the pop classic Rocky Horror Picture Show’s earwig tune Let’s do the Time Warp Again, let’s sally rearwards some years, and return along a timeline.  
I remember, something like 40 years ago, a savvy friend of mine said to me over office coffee, “Vic, one day the environment as a garbage can is going to be a very important topic.”
Being quite self-indulgent with the human notion of this planet being infinitely accommodating to