biomass represenrs an end slorage o4 energy, and a deereasrng yield in llle ml syslem. Only loeal diallirbanee mre, llood. deairll renews me now or energy lllrougll old syslerns. Tne lime ol eyellng ol nalriral syslems may be a very long period, bul in annual elopplrlg ll may be reduced lo nlsl one season or less Permaeullare llllis uses llle lirne resource rnuelll beller lllan does annual gardening alone, and so uses sun energy lo beller elleer, The mixed ecology ol annuals and perennials rnaxrrmses nol only produce yield, bur also llle resooreelulness or llie men and women who eslab' ll, eonlrol, and llarvesl, il ll is only in a lllouglilleso, moneury, and doomed eeonomy am we ean evolve llle eoneepl ol unemployed and unwanled nurnan beings. Dealll ln over—inalule syslems is lllua seen as llle esaenlial renewal ol lile, ml in me negallvlsne sense ol lne lalallsl, bur in a podlllvislle and namral way, ll is beller rllal elemenls die, and are renewed by olner species, man llle syslem slrnplllles lo elio-nmon. ll is peller for lne ll-lbe ll ils componenls ellange lllan ll il lurns ln on llsell, ages, and deays as a whole. lale is lllen seen as a preparalion lor sueeeaslon and renewal, ralnerlllan a iwumzy lo exfinman fine as Wall noles l5 a resoulee. Lille all lesouiees, loo much ol ll beeomes eounlerprodurlive, and a syslem ln willell loo mudl more is aeelirnulaled beeomes eluoluemy polluled, ae a syslerrr in which nol enougll lime llas ammuhled I5 below peak meld. A slrawberry seedling and an old slrawberry blisll are equally unprodueliye, as are llle very young and llle very old in ooeieey. A: lllele ale age-specific daeases in people (whoopmg eougll, proslale llyperlrripllyl so were are agespeeine dlseoses m wllole syslems, and a mlxzdvige siand la use ba! insuranee againsl romplele lailllre or epidemlc disease ol lbls nalure A: indlvlduals. we have a rlglll ro live a responsible lile, and n riglll lo die ll our ellorls lo prevenl ageing sueeeed, we rnay oroduee a elowded, llnalable, and unproducllve sociely whim lo geronloeralle peeylslln 2.14 PRINCIPLE SUMMARY The e nireellve ol rerlnaeullure: He only eillieal dKismn ls lo lnxe iesponsibillly lor our own lxishmc: and llol ol our chlldmn‘s rrlnslple ol Cooperallon: Cooperallon, nril eoinpelllion, is me very basis ol lunue survival and ol eaisllrlg lile sysoerns ne :lllleal saala ol Pumdmhum 1,:an or THE mm l-rovrslon lor all llle syslelns lo sonbnlie and inelease. 2. cums morni- Plosrislon lor people lo assess llloae resoiileer neeessary lo llleir exulenoe a. sb'rnNc Lans TO POPULAHON AND CON» summon By governing our own needs, we ean sel resoulees as. e lo lumber llle above pranelples. 34 Ruled ol uae at Narml Emma: a Reduee wasie, nenle polluoen, . rlloniiignly leplaee losl minerals - Do a careful energy acrounllng» and . Mobe a blosooa rnpaei assessmenl lor long lerrn elleolr on soeiely, and ael lo buller or ellrnlnale any negalive lrrlpaels Lile lnlervenrion Principk: ln ellaoa lies un. paralleled opporniniry (or imposing ore-rive olden Law :4 nelornr wnalever we lake, we musl relurn, or Naiule denlandsa lelurn loreoery pll leeelved,or ne riser rnusl pay Dlndive bl ke‘urn: Every ohm musl responslbly provide lor ils replaeemenl Soeiely musl, us n mndllmn; cf use, replaeo an eqrial or grearer lesoulee lllan lllar used sei or Ellliu an Naniral Syslz‘ms - lmplaeable and uneomprornrslng opposiiion lo runner dislurbanee ol any remauung nalliral lolesla; a vigorous lena l ilarion ol degraded and damaged narural 5nyan loa slable slale, . Bubllshmem ol planl syslems lorolir own use on line ledsl alnoianl ol land we ean use lor our exislenle; and . Edihlishmtm olplanl and animal reluges loll rare in llli-ealened speeies The nails law ol nlerouldynauliea las reslaled by Wart‘N] “All energy enlervlg an organism, populallon or eeo syslern ean be aeeounled lor as energy wniell is sloled or leaves Energy ean be iranslerred Ilvm one lorrn m anorller, blil u eannol disappear, or be dsmyzd, or erealed, No energy wrwmion syslem is ever mm» pleiely elrioenl -‘ [As slaled by Aslmnv llwmli 'nle MAI energy ol llle universe is eonslanl and llle lolal enlropy is messing ulrsll Six Prinelplee of Narural 5yareina. l Nollling ln naiure grows lorever, mere la a eonslanl eyele ol decoy and leblnll 2 Connnuarlon ol llle depends on llle rnalnlenanee ol llle global blogeoellernieal eyeles ol esseri lal elernenis, in parlleular urban, oxygen, nllrogen, sulphmr ond pboepllorua 3 The probabilrry ol exllnerlon ol populaliens or a speeles is grealesi wllen llle denslry is very nlgll or very low. soln crowding and loo rew illdividlub ola species may reach lhwsholdsolexnnmml d, the dam lllal a speeies llas lo survlve and reprodure is dependenl primarily upon one or lwo key facts ' lbe complex web ol lelalrons oi llle organism in us envlmnmenl 5. curabllily lilellangellie laeeol llle earrll inereaaes al a iasrer rare lnan our abilily lo loresee llle eonseouervoe oi ellange a Living organisms are nol only means blil ends in addllion lo illei lnslrumenlal value lo lllirnans and olller living organisms, llley have an inlrinsie worrll Pranieal Deslgn Consideralions: