This elhie is a very simple siaiemeni of guidanee, and serves well lo illuminaie everyday endeavours. || ean be eoupled io a deierininaiion lo make our own way' id be neniier employers nor employoa, landlords nor lenants, hul lo be sell-reliani as individuals and lo eoopeiaie as groups Fm rlie sake ol ihe earlh irreli, l evolved a philosophy close in Taoism irom my evpenenees wiih nalural syslema A: ii was slaved in Permulhdrr Two, u is a philosophy oi working wuh rallier ihan againsi naiure; el prolraeied and ihoughiiul abservanun raiher ihan prolraeled and lhoughiless aclion. oi looking al sysienis and people in all iheir innehons, ralher ihan asking only one yield oi lliern. and ol allowing sysleins lo dernonsnaie Lhzir own evoluiions, A basie guesnon lhai ran beaaked in rwo ways ~whai an i gel liuin ihisland, 01mm“ or ~Whal does lhrs person, or land. have io give ii i cooper-aie wiili mm as lhese iwo approaches, ihe iorrner leads lo war and wasie, ihe loner ie pesee and plenry Mod eonnim. l iind, lay in how sueli ouesiions are asked, and not in ihe answers io nny ouesrion. 0r, ro pui ir anoiher way, we are clearly looking {0101: nghl onesoons roilrer ihan ior answers We should be alefl io replirnse or release lhe ~wrong" onesuon ll has beeome evideni rhai umty in people rornes lionia eoinirion adheienee lo a sei oi eihieal prinoplos, eaeh ol us perhaps going our own way. or our own pare, and wi|||in ihe lirnils ol our resources, yei all leading lo ihe sarne goals, whlch in our own eose is lhai ol a living eoinplea, and sueuinable unh. Those whoogieeon sueh eihies, philosophies, and goals lorrn n global naiion How do a purple evolve an eiiiie, and why should we bolher lo do so? Humans are rhinking beings, wilh long memories, oral and mum records, and ihe abiliry in invesugaie ihe disianl pasi by applying a rarieiy oi reehnioues iiom dendioehronology lo areliaeology. pollen analy- sis ro ihe geological sciences ii is iliereioie evideni iliai ueliaviours in ihe narural world whioh we ihoughl approprule al one dine larer prove ro be damaging in our own soeiery in ihe longererm leg. ihe ellesis oi hioerdal pesi ronirols on soils and waierl. Thus, we are led by inlormaiion, ieileeiion, and eaieiul invesrigarion io moderaie. abandon, or iurbid eeriain behaviours and subsianees ihal in ihe longe lei-in Lhreaien our own mmval; new insuroinr Conservairve and rauuous rules oi behaviour are evolved This is a rario and sensible proeess. ierponsiirle ior many laooosin oiudl smells. ihom a gieal many ease horoner we ean lisi some rules oi use, ior example ihe RULE or NECESH’OUS USEAhm we leave any naiural sysiein alone uniil we are, oi slrid mny, ioieed in use n We may lhen iollow up wiih RULES or CONSERVATIVE USEihdvlng round l| necessary lo use a nalural nsouroe, we rnayinsisionevery ailernpr io . Reduce wasie, henoe paflulion; . Thoroughly replaee losr minerals, . Doaeareiul energy aeeouniing and - Make an rsseasrnenr oi the longelerrn, negarive, biosoelal eneris on socieiy, and ael io builer or elimiroie iliese ln pramre, we evolve over rime lo various lonns oi unwilling [av our rriions. Sueli oeeounis are iiseal, sueial, environmenul, aeeiheris, or erergeiie rn naiure, and all are appropriaie ioour own survival Consideraiion oi ihsse rules oi neeessiious and ronservanve use may lead us, siep by srep, so ilie basie realisanon or our inleieonneeiednasr wiih naruie; Illa! we depend on good healrh in all syslems lor our survivol. Thus, we widen ilie selielnieresied idea oi human survival ion ihe orsis oi posi irmrne ond environmenial disasierl lo include ihe idea oi “lhz survival of naiuiel sysiems', and an see, lor erample, ihal when we lose plani .and onimal speeies due lo our aeiioiis, we lose many survival npponunitus. on iares are inienwinod This proeess, or somelhing like , is eoonnon lo every group oi people who evolve a general eanheare Ethic. l-iaving developed an eariheaie eihie by assessing our oesl rourse ior survivol, we lhen lurn lo our .elarionrhips wiLh oiheis Here, we observe a general rule oi naiure ihal eooperalive species and askxlz» irons oi seliesupporllng species (like myeoi-rlura on iree roolrl make neullliy iommuniiies sueh lesson. lead us lo .1 senrrirle Msclvn lo eooperaie and sake suppoil roles in sooeiy, io [cam an inieiilependenee whirh values ihe individual-seonii-ibuiiuns raiher ihan ioruisoioppo onoroiuipeunon, Alrhough i ally we ean see how helping our lainily and ii-iends assiso us in our own survival, we may evolve ilie maiure ellile rliai sees all humankind as iamily, and all lrle as ollred ossoeiarions. Thus, we expand peepiesarr iosperier (arr, ior all Me has (vulnlon origins Allan uurlamlly" We see how enlighiened sell nreresi leads us io evolve ellues oi susiainable and sensible behaviour. These lhen, are ihe onus zxpnshed in perrnaeuliure. Having evolved eliues, we can lhen devise ways In apply lhen. ro our lives eeononues, gardens, land, and narure nus is wliai i ‘5 book is aooui; (h! medians isrns oi rnarure eln al behaviour, or how io no lo suriain ihe eanh There is more ihan one way lo adueve permanence and srabillry in land or soeiery. lhe peasanl approaeh is well desenbed by Kinglfil ior old Gum l-leie people hauled nulrienls hoin ranals, resspiis, paihways and loiesis lo an annual grain euliure. We euiild desedbe rhis as leudal permanenre- ior iis rnelliods, period and po iias. reople were bound or ihe landreape uy unremiiiirig loil, and in servise lo a siaie OI landlord. This leads evenrnally iolamine and revolurion. A seeond approaeh is on permanent pasiure oi prairie, parnpas, and modern weriem iarrns, where large holdings and lew people eieale vasl grazing leases, usually lor a single species oi animal. This is besl desrrihed as -barunial permanenee- wilh lCononued on page 5 l 3