permaculture

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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.