Humans depend on water, soil and air for survival. Today, the degradation of these three basic elements of life threatens our existence and quality of life. While connected to issues of survival and development, the Three Gorges Dam and the Taipei-Ilan Freeway are also emblematic of a flawed, short-sighted view of basic economic development that exists on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
水、土地、空氣，是人類賴以生存的基礎，今天全球人類的生存與生存品質，遭受著這三個基本生命元素惡化的威脅；雖說三峽水壩、北宜高工程，也關乎人類生存發展，但更進一步來看，兩項工程其實更象徵人們對基本經濟發展認知的缺乏。