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"SUSTAINABLE" still seems like a good word to me but then I'm not immersed in the issue like you people. ---------- >From: "Myk Rushton" <permaculture@wave.co.nz> >To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu> >Subject: Sustainability? >Date: Wed, May 24, 2000, 9:07 PM > >Greetings > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lflondon@mindspring.com> >Newsgroups: permaculture >To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu> >Sent: Thursday, 25 May 2000 04:23 >Subject: Re: granite fertilizer? (fwd) > > >> Each morning upon arising I offer humble supplication to the gods of >> the universe that they may strike the word "sustainable" from the >> permaculture vocabulary > >Lawrence, I hope you don't mind me using your words out of context. > >I think that sustainable and sustainability are two very important words in >my Pc vocabulary which I've been thinking about a lot lately. > >I've been moving away from explaining permaculture by breaking it down into >a description of the principles/tools/techniques/ecological basis etc, to an >explaination/discription of what the final output will be when designed >using permaculture principles i.e. an ecologically sustainable productive >ecosystem. Ecological because consideration has been given to both the >biotic and abiotic components and their interelationship, sustainable >because of a reduction of external inputs and energy required to maintain >them and productive in that they provide for the needs of the inhabitants. > >I'd be interested in hearing other peoples views on sustainability with >regards to permaculture. > >Myk >-- > > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to permaculture as: guinep@theriver.com >To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-permaculture-103802M@franklin.oit.unc.edu >To subscribe send email to lyris@franklin.oit.unc.edu >with message text containing: subscribe permaculture > > |
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