"Nilur. demands a mum lur every plll realm.- ov 'm- uur musl DIV' We should enamlne, and m on, lhe lonns ol Hus law ll ls lhe reason why lhrs book earrres a use tax lhsl we may be able lo conllnue in lhe use 0! books, ll rs why we musl never buy boob or newspapers lhal do no! lar, nor goods whore rhe manulserurer does nor lesyelo or replsnl lhe molensls ol lhe manuranure ll rs why we musl corelully srudy how lu use our wasles. and lhrs uuludes our body wasros. m ln lhe lorm uls dimlivempulxcy sralemeul, rhrs law would read Evnry uhlscl musl responsroly prorldolur lls ropluosmsrll, sously musl, as acdndrrlorr oruso, veolapo arr squal urproalor moulds lhsn lhal used lnherenl ln sueh a law are lhe cunmpls ol replanung, recyellng, duraolllly, and lhe toned or henelrelal disposal ol wasles Nalure nss exuerne penslues lor lhose who break null laws, and lor lneu deseeodsnls and nerghloours Nor ern we deny lurmanenee lla landscape ddrgnu us, we should nor lnsull ll wlrh raslles on peaks, roadways, and dear-euro, We should relurn lhe pleasure we gel horn nalursl prospecls, and mamraln lhelr lnregnly ll would be pleasanl lndeed were lhe land around us always lo appear wolsomrng or nunrlhmammllg. lhls ellzd, loo, esn be erealed or drsooyed nrere rs no reason nor lo bury our "wry sonslruos in esrlh, or elolhe lhem wllh yegerauon, ll we wanl pleasure m me, men we should preserve lhe hle around us Energles enler u system. and ellher lemon or es eape Our work as perrnaeullure desrgners rs lo prerenl energy leavme More rho ossre needs ol lhe whole syslsm are sallslled, so lhsr growlh, re- produenon, snd mamlenanee eonllnue ln our hvmg romponenls All pemucullmv designers should roe aware ol lhe lundsurenlsl pnnerples lhsl govern nsrural syslems Thu are nor 'mmulable rules, our can be used as a sel ul dlreelrves, raking each ease as umque bur gslnlng eoluadenee and rnsplrallon horn a ser ol llndmgs and soluo-ons m u|herphm and ollrer limes. We ran use lhe guldlng prlnerples and laws or nahual syslelns, as lor-rnulared oy sush people as Wall, Odum. and Buck, and apply some ol lhem lo our consciuu§|y~desl5nzd esologlss. 01m slreh law rs lhe hasre hw ol lhermodynarruls, as mulled oy wsulw. All energy enlenng an or-garllsm. populallun or eeosyslem ean he seeuunled {or as energy whlch ls slored or leaves. Energy cln loe lr-arrslel-red from one lorm lo arrolller. oul ll esooul dlsappese. or oe desreoyed, or ereared. No Entry eonyerslon syslem ls ever eum. plelely elllelerlr A; sluled by Aslmlw “9701‘ The loral energy or use uolyerse ls mnsum and lhe roral enlropy ls lnctmlng Emmpy rs bound or draslprled energy; u heeomes unsysllaole lor work, or nor uselul lo lhe syslem ll ls lhe wslers ol s mounlarn sneam lhal have reaehed lhe sea || la lhe nesl, norse, sud exhausl smolre lhar an aulumolrlle emrls whllc Iuvcllmg ll ls lhe energy o4 lood used lo keep an snrmal warm, alive, and mobile. Thus, smolenl snd uselul energy slorages are degraded rnlo less uselul lorrns unlll lney are no longer ol any use lo our syslem The queslron lor lhe desrgner loeeornes, r-low en 1 besl use energy oelore i| passes lrom my slle. or sysleur ,, olrr snslegy ls lo sel up an rnrenlepnon nel horn 'sunm ro sink" This nel u a eornpound wtb of llle snd leennologres, and ls desrgned lo cllch snd slore as much energy as posslble on lls way lo m- eseasmg enlropy las rn rlgure nl. Therelore, we desrgn lu eslclr and slurs as mueh waleras possxblle lruur lhe h||ls brim: il ends up sl ls 'unk m lhe uulel yslley lslue. ll we made no allempl lo slore or nu ll as ll passes ehrougll our sys|m, we would suffer droughl, have lo lmpon ll horn ourslde our sysrem or use energy lo pump rloaelr uphill, Although lhe malerlal world esn perhaps lre pledltubly measured lal lessl uyer a wide range ol phenomenal, by dppllruinns or lhe laws ul lhem‘ody'vlamks, lhese relale malnly lo non-Irving or exp - enlally “erosed syslems . The eoneepl ol eulropy rs nor neeessarlly spplrosole lo lhose livmg. open eanll syslems wrlh whleh we are involved and rn whrch we are immersed. 5ueh laws are more useful rn llndrng an elleelrye pal-h mrough rnarenal reehnologles lhsn lhrough a lueerlmplexed world. 'l’he lrey word an open sysrerns rs ‘eaelrsnge', For mmpkl, on lhe local level, rifles appear lube open: hm as lhey Nhlnl llule energy lo lhe sysrerns lhal supply lhenr, and pass on lhelr wssles as pollulanls lo [he we, may in nut in eunange our ln s loealrsed mway lrade wrlh respecl lo lhelr lood resource All elrles orealr lhe basle law at mmm" Lr/r sysrenrs rousrsnlly organrse and eresre wmplex slorrges horn dmuse energy and mlemls, accumu- larrng deeomposlng bu dlng, and nunslonnlng rhem lor lunher use. We can use "15¢ sited: in lhe déiyl promo by rmdmg pslhwsys or mules by whlrh lile syslems cum/en dilhrse malerrsls lnlo lhose nl rnool use For example, llwe have a ‘wasle' sum as manure, we ean luv! l on a lreld, Allhough lhis ir ol pmduclive use, we have only sehreved one Audion. Allernallvely, we cln roule il lhrough a serres or uansloonanons lhal glue us a variety olnsourne. rnsl we ean leernenl rl, and dlsrlll rl lo aleuhul and seeondly roule lhe wssre lnrough a progos drgeslsr, where onserobre organrsms eonuerl ll lo melhane, ol use as a eoolnug or hearurg gss, or as hlel lor vzhxks. rhlrdly, lhe lluuld ell'lueul esn besenl lo inldiraxld lhe 13