permaculture

[eric + michiko <emstorm@metro.net>]

I posted this back in September, and the "midpoint between devistation and
regeneration" idea was inspired by an article in the Permaculture Activist
that came out around then by . . . can't recall.  Maybe some one can fill
in the missing pieces.

This definition still works pretty well for me.

Eric:

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At 07:49 99/09/01 -0700, Eric Storm wrote:
> Prompted by the recent definition of sustainable, I decided to give it a
> try.  With this definition it is obvious that the goal is not sustainable,
> but invigoration.  Let me know what you think.  
> 
> 
> Sustainable is one side of a continuum, unsustainable the other.  They are
> divided by a point in the middle.  At the extremes are devastation and
> invigoration.  Sustainable means that the system in question will continue
> to function at a level of vitality relative to the degree of benefit or
> destruction and disruption caused by one's actions.  Unsustainable means
> that the destruction and disruption of one's actions will not allow the
> system to continue; the system will progressively degrade, at a speed
> relative to the level of destruction and disruption of one's actions, and
> at some time cease to function.
> 
> 
> I hope this leaves you invigorated ; )
> 
> Eric Storm
> 
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