At 07:25 AM 10/28/98 -0800, you wrote:
>One aspect of current consumption rates might be that many people are
forced into
>non-sustainable consumption. By 'forced into ...' I mean 'no choice about
...' In
>North America the option of leaving it all behind, homesteading, and
becoming
>self-sufficient (or closely so) no longer exists. If the only option for
putting bread
>on the table (for most people) is working in an urban environment then
there is no
>choice but to be a heavy consumer. In the Canadian context where work
opportunities
>exist only in a few major urban areas then the choices are more limited.
I think we
>can assume that urban living and incumbent long commutes add seriously to
consumption
>rates.
>
With current global populations and land availability, HOMESTEADING is
also NON-SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION and rarely ever was.
Fred Schaff, Spring Grove, PA, USA <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:59:02 -0700
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From: "Steven Bissell" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: public interest
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There is a lot on the Responsive Managment web site (below) about public
perceptions of wildlife and other natural resource issues.
I especially recommend Stephen Kellert's "The Value of Life" and "Kinship to
Mastery." These summarize Kellert's three decades of research into the issue
of values in natural resources. And, Rolston's "Conserving Natural Value."
The latest Transactions of the 63rd (?) North American Natural Resources and
Widlife Conference (The Wildlife Managment Institute) has two special
sections on the issue.
Steven J. Bissell
http://www.du.edu/~sbissell
http://www.responsivemanagement.com
Most human experience comes through
a narrow window. It opens midway between
molecules and the Milky Way.
Paul Shepard
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From: Michaluk <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, October 31, 1998 8:55 AM
Subject: public interest
>I am looking for information on how one meshes the public interest with
>application of biological principles in resource management. This will of
>course necessitate determining the public interest, defining who are the
>public, and how to rank the various values the public espouses. Any
>thoughts?
>
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