Bill Molloison often called the third ethic the "recycling ethic". Any and
all "excess not returned to the benefit of People and the Earth is
pollution. If we are caring for the Earth and People we are by definition
engaged in sustainable activity and in a position where "the limit to yield
is only our imagination".
"Fair share" is too loose an image for me what is "fair to me is a totally
different thing to the hundreds of billionaires out there. What is "fair
share" to that 25% of the worlds population that lives on less that one
dollar per day?? Most of them are living on a small percentage of the
"excess" garbage of the consumers in their culture.
"Excess" could also be the billions of dollars hoarded by Bill Gates and his
ilk that is not put to caring for the Earth and people, to the contrary, in
Gates case, it is used to increase his excess through investment in African
oil which is killing the Earth as well as people. Those billions of dollars
should be considered pollution until they are put to good use, and I don't
mean promoting the GMO transformation of African agriculture as both Gates
and the Rockefeller brothers are into up to their necks. Seems that the
first failed green revolution wasn't enough for the Rockefeller Brothers.
Scott Pittman
Director
Permaculture Institute
www.permaculture.org
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[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of katey culver
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:45 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture Digest, Vol 78, Issue 16
I find difficulty with "fair share" as well. Of course, it's all semantics
and how the words translate in our own minds. What works for me, and i feel
i have the liberty to express it in my own way, is "honor the abundance".
Through honoring, the planet and all her parts and pieces are considered and
accounted for.
Katey
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Chris Wardle <cjwardle@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I did my PDC with Nepal Permaculture Group a year ago, this ethic was
> succinctly put as two words: "Fair Share".
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> > From: Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [permaculture] What happened to the third ethic?
> >
> > ... Can anyone think of a succinct way to say this?
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