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BY PROF. LIWAYWAY MEMIJE-CRUZ
Developing Environmentally Sustainable Societies
Solutions
GuidelinesandStrategies
Leave the world in as good a shape as—or better than—we found it.
Sustain Biodiversity Eliminate poverty Develop eco-economies
Do not degrade or deplete the earth’s natural capital, and live off the natural income it provides
Build sustainable communities
Copy nature
Do not use renewable resources faster than nature can replace them
Take no more than we need
Use sustainable agriculture
Promote renewable energy
Depend more on locally available renewable energy, from the sun, wind, flowing water, and sustainable biomass
Try not to harm life, air, water, soil
Emphasize pollution prevention and waste reduction
Do not change the world’s climate
Do not waste matter and energy resources
Do not overshoot the earth’s carrying capacity
Recycle, reuse, and compost 60-80% of matter resources
Help maintain the earth’s capacity for self-repair
Maintain the human population
“SOMETHING WILL HAVE GONE OUT OF US AS A PEOPLE IF WE EVER LET THE REMAINING WILDERNESS BE DESTROYED; IF WE PERMIT THE LAST VIRGIN FORESTS TO BE TURNED INTO COMIC BOOKS AND PLASTIC CIGARETTE CASES; IF WE DRIVE THE FEW REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE WILD SPECIES INTO ZOOS OR TO EXTINCTION; IF WE POLLUTE THE LAST CLEAR AIR AND DIRTY THE LAST CLEAN STREAMS AND PUSH OUR PAVED ROADS THROUGH THE LAST OF THE SILENCE, SO THAT NEVER AGAIN WILL AMERICANS BE FREE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY FROM THE NOISE, THE EXHAUSTS, THE STINKS OF HUMAN AND AUTOMOTIVE WASTE.” ~WALLACE STEGNER, LETTER TO DAVID E. PESONEN OF THE WILDLAND RESEARCH CENTER, 3 DECEMBER 1960 (THANKS, BEKAH)
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