people, Ill/ms in an imperlerl world; ~Do nol idyus| your Vision iullly is al laull” lgiaiirol, so'lhal many s|n|z§ir§ glvlll here are slirllng poinls ralher lllan endpoinls. However. iiiere is so mueh damage in erosyslems—hense so mudl reliabiliralive work lo dyfllil we will be employed in good works ior a low generaliors in rome in several generalions lii we are allowed lius lime) we may have achieved a lruly iree world oi inlernalional ainnilles, bul we always slarr where we are. in lhis rhapler, llierelore, l will lry lo sel nul lire eurrenrly snuvssful oseial slralegies lhal enablea srnall gm}; ora region lo derine pmblrms and to solve lliom locally, 14.2 ETHICAL BASIS OF AN ALTERNATIVE NATION A people wilnoul an asked-upon rommon basil lo lheir aelions is neiliier a eoromunily nor a nadon, A people will. a common elhir is a nalion erEver lirey live Thus, rhe plare oi nabilalion is serondary m a shared belioi in lire eslablishrnenl oi an harmonious world mmmululy lusl as we ran selecl a global range ol planls ior a garden, we ran selerl irorn all L-xum slhies and belieis lhose elornems inal we see lo be suslainable. uselul, and beneliclal in lile and in our rommurury il would appear lhal - Snslalnablc sucxelles emphasise rile dunes and rrspoiisrhrliirrs almplr- lu rialare cqnil lo lliuse oi people lo people. nor any rode relalos eoually lo alhcl lileiornu and elemenls ol landseape To rondurr oneseli only in mm; oi response lo oilier people gives a polenlial lo evade resporuilrilily iru damage iniliered on «he lanai resouree base, and mus ulornalely lo olhers, Beneiieial behaviour involves managmg nalural syslerris ior lheir own. and our, lonselerm oerieiil, nm loi our irnrneduile and eirploilalive personal pa‘ roe Ameriron lndians (In‘qums nalionl iranie llns as a "sevenlil gencxahrm‘ ronrepr lilal our derisions w are rarried our in lerrns oi lheir benelu or disadr vanlage lo our dtscendanls in seven generallmls‘ lame labour loll years ahead) Thu helps Explain why we always lound lribally managed lands lo be rirli in nalural liie resources, and why we have mnnaszd lo rum much oi lire mum we inheriled. - As people. we need lo adopl an sliiir ol ugh! inlrirliooi, ior ii we bend our labour and skills lo work lhal is deslruslive, we are lire desnoyers We lay wasle lo our lives in proponion lo lire way in which lire syslems we supporl lay waslr lo l Allhnugh soc-shes ior sorrol responsi lorrninp, we need io eapand lhe eoneepl lo roeuii rind ennironrneniai responsibilily, and lo rreale our own financial and ernploymenl slralegjrs in arose areas. We should nol be passive workers ror eslablisned desoueove syslerns, bul rallier we can be inveslors in iris We eannol proiess or reach one elnir, and live anolhen wiuurul damage lo ourselves and to mull iesourees, - We musl always sludy and learn as pan oi a inirl lnlrgmled syslrrn /Illmrwvvk. conululls oi how our knowledge and relioru penneale au syslems ll is in llle lugmmlillg ol knowlzdge inlo unrelalad disrrplinea lhal we ean plead Ignorance oi elieelsi bul we are always responsible ior lire dislanl elleds oi our anions, and in im should work ior loreseen benelrls - We need |o develop runserorr wrlrrlts, wiln uiis conservalion achieved by (I05: anenrion lo recycllng, lire avo dense oi wasle. and lo very durable kdlmloglts so lhal lheir um is pmlonged similarly. ii is unwise to abandon salislarlory older iorms oi leehnology even ii we inslall improved lorrns and proeesaes; nor berause we develop a new windmill ior eleelrleily, we should nol allow a dependable older grim mill lo nnk inlo disrepair, beeause we ran use a iorage Dun/96m, ii dmsifl mean we should lose lire skill lo use a seyllie on aleep slopes, rain oi belnr ronaervadve is lo mneenlrale on dr- seinprrip ii mastic of small. INN-manlxtd lull dy'ullw‘ syslrrns, surh modesl sysiems are unlikely lo eause widespread uphuvfls or ro be aubrecr lo exlernal or unelirualronnol, . Mnmng in llle is losl by sit-inn; ailrr sums and iulure pin :il 5 pained and realised by nellori lowards a roounon ideal, in servmg ihe whole aeeordinr in our physreal, mullil, eduealional, and reveialionarv lundersundiny rapaeroes. ii is never enough lo mean well ("lair words planl iir. rabbages-lralher, ii is nerrssary lo ensure lhal ll xtls done, . Secunly ran be iound in the renunciation of ownership river people. money. and real asseis, inseeunry and unhappiness arises as a iesull oi Drying lo gain, keep or promel lhal whlch olhers need ior periods ol legiooiale aeeess A Lending library enables people lo help llieoselves lo miormaliorr a locked-lip book eollerlion is uselul only us lhe person who owns it - ii an moral and responsible eorninunily eon eslablish a durable, dependable, and wa§|erlme resouree base, lhen leisure orne llirne lo explrss our imlnndilal raparroesl beeomes a plenl-llul rasourre. We will have gained nine lrir lile. While leisureoinevrlably available ior enriollinenl oi eullural llie, and lo an ealenl ior malion, zmphasis on speelalor reerealion is iu§| anolher way in wasle lhe zlrne gained, we liien see lire prollssionalisaoon oi ans, 509nm, spon, and evenedueanon as speaalors replaee aelors We should lhereiore resolve is 53m dine lo evolve ever more effenwa ways lo aasial ayrlerns or people. ll is ordy when olhers feel serure lhal we need iiol guard our environrrvsnls, so dial llie very besl preparalion ior seeuriry is lo leach olhers lire anaiegras, erhies, and prarlicss ol resouree nulugunenl, and lo ealend aid and eduuoon wherever possrble i do nol, in my liislime, or lhal oi rny :hlldun’s 507