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  • From: venaurafarm <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Toward Financial Permaculture: New Farms in the OldSystem
  • Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:04:15 -0500

On 12/30/2012 3:26 PM, Scott Pittman wrote:

Many of you have probable heard my rant about the 3rd ethic but here is an
extremely truncated version.

The third ethic of permaculture, as I learned it from Bill Mollison in 1985
was: "a return of all excess to the care of people and the earth".

I also find excess wealth another pollutant that must be confronted by the
permaculture designer. Where is the billionaires place in care of the earth
and people??; Certainly not by hoarding his excess to the detriment of both
people and the earth. This is my "too much" principal in design.

Very interesting question.

I found this in a Facebook page tonight.

"All those who suffer in the world do so because of their desire for their own happiness. All those happy in the world are so because of their desire for the happiness of others."
~ Bodhicaryāvatāra

If we examine all of the excess in our current culture we find that most of
it has direct deleterious effect on humans and on the earth. Excess carbon,
excess pharmaceuticals, excess biocides, excess greed, and etc all can be
dealt with if we use the lens of the third ethic to enlighten our design and
thought process.

This is a wonderful solution.




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