Living in a Sustainable World

Many writers assert that the human presence is well past a sustainable level on Earth. This still seems a little fuzzy to me but basically it means that this many people can't keep using resources at this level.

That seems to mean we need fewer people and/or a lower level of resource utilization. To each individual passenger, though, it always looks like there's room for a little more. The trick is to widen everyone's viewpoint to encompass the whole system. I guess this starts at home.



Created: Thursday, February 08, 1996, 4:22:48 PM Last Updated: Thursday, February 08, 1996, 4:22:48 PM