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On Nov 13, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Jody Boehnert wrote: > Leopold's basic preset: *'A thing is right when it tend so preserve the > integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when > it tends otherwise'.* **Aldo Leopold. The Land Ethic. 1947 This obviously > needs quite alot of fleshing out to figure out how it would be put into > practice! Some starting points would include: dramatically reducing the need > for fossil fuels and the environmental footprint of the materials, products, > processes and spaces that we design. While I agree with the need for reducing the use of fossil fuels, etc., "stability. . . of the biotic community" has a couple of problems. The first is the assumption of stability, The second is the very phrase "biotic community." Who is part of this community and who is not? Gunnar ---------- Gunnar Swanson Design Office 1901 East 6th Street Greenville NC 27858 USA [log in to unmask] +1 252 258 7006 http://www.gunnarswanson.com