Monday, November 15, 2010

Cultivating an Ecological Conscience

"While greening may bring about desirable short-term results, it will never lead to sustainability. Our world is a complex adaptive system that is interconnected, interdependent and constantly changing... We can never hold a system in an optimal sustainable state. We can only design systems to enhance their capacity for self-renewal."

Cultivating an Ecological Conscience: Essays from a Farmer Philosopher
by Frederick L. Kirschenmann
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