Technology is the more disparate attribute.
Over the past 15 years, I have concentrated an effort to use my academic training and professional experience in engineering to building bridges across the technology gap that exists between the disciplines of environmental engineering, earth science, and health science. To this end, I have developed a research laboratory at Colorado State University that is dedicated to developing computer-based technologies such as geographic information systems, remote sensing, and simulation modeling for the purpose of improved, multidiscipline environmental health assessment. Investment in such alliances would, in my opinion, greatly increase our opportunities to share knowledge and technology, the cornerstones to sustainability.