lrul nol in {M area ol landseape rehahrlrlalron, ll is ho. a shorl srep lmm wuril’nppmg inside munumenls m worshippmy monumenls lherruelyes lponple olien hem! more proud nl rhelr ehureh rhan lhey are oi lhe "as and slones whleh were deslroyed lo nuild ill ll ls an even easier slep lo eonluse onesell will! lhe elealur, and all lhe easier ll one adopls a oelrel syslem m whlen 50d is purlrnyed as a manl (Some would say lhrsuanlroulrlogodl Money, however, is nol rnlrrnsreally evil: u is lhe arrumulnlmn ol money and us use ro zxpklll ulhers lhar rs eyil The evil lpoyilepe, power, slupldlly, willhrlnrssl lies k‘llhln people, nor wnhln money ilsell Nor is lhe melon; or money neeessarily errl, pmvldmg rhe uses ol money ore erealryo and asrsl rhe nalural world lo pmlllerale Thus. we can have n elear eonsoenee on money pul lo earlh rehaollnanon. We should druelop or ereale weallli yusl as we dzvdnp lnndseapes, lay mnunmhng on conservanon or my and nanrral resoureer lreduelng lhe need ro ear-n), by developing prorreanve assels lprolrlerallna loresrs. pra ,and llle syslemsl, by Indium; lho crunch or degenera‘ivr assels lroads. monumenls, euiesl, and lay eonslanrly divesting ourselyes ol any surplus weallh lo mess ends, Money is lo lhe serial laorie as waler is to landsseape ll rs lhe aeenl oi oanspon, lhe rhaper and movcr ol lude Like warer. n is run lhe total amounl oi money enlenng a eommumly which eounls; u is the number oi uses or dunes m whreh we ean druerr money and lhe number ol eyeles nl use. rhar measures lhe iv lalnlrry oi lhar money. Leakage lrorn lhe eommunuy musl lherelore oe preyenled and reeyehng mode lhe rule Money risell ls um n reseuree, and has no lnlrmsre mine or use, but rl eon errale earegorres ol resounes or assets, whrrh we ran rdenniy ns lollons inner ~lurneoll. lwsl: - DmENERATIVE. more assets rhal decay, rusl, or wear our lhe bulldlnps, roads, ours, lurnrshlnps, and applianees ulsoeiely. Too my ad lhese ~aaseis" m any region will rmporensh rhe regron in melon; lerrn cmmumve The lools oi sorrely; lhose lhmgs wmeh mnnuladun or proeess raw maherials mro usehrl produns lhuskers, gmvdm, blunders, lashes. lurrlaeos, and so uni These do wear our, our run he used to reprrrnrrlr ulhtv in wrnlcshops. All gmups need some ol lhe loola ol pnxesung and repair, a Wire larmer hires our or shares surh lools - PROCREATIVE the lrees. wildlile, llslr. rnyenelrrales, mammals, and domeslrr |Ivesto¢k ol a mgmn people who rnarnnise a proouaoye asser base can supporl lhe use ol some lools, and modesl dogenerallvz assels People who merirruse lhe peoession ol degoneranve am (wilfully lall in lherr alrempls lo organrse upkeep and repaxrihtnte so many ruined easlles and sralely homes i would also add in she ahuve fikganL-s - |NFORMATIONALz lnlormalion ledueallon and dalal. plus applied lnlellrgenee nukes lhe hesr use ol all assets, decides halanees in lhe asser hasty “Jules 534 lurure lrends, and loresees needs and ehanpes Seeds have a high inlorrnauon eonlenr, as do books or dale bases - CONSERVATIVE lnsulaunn, dams, money res eycllrrr syslems. good slorage areas, and shaky: loresrs lo guard agarnsl erosion or desenrrlennun are all ealeeorles ol eonserver soeiery Issets, All lhese guard resourees ror lulure use. and are essenllal lo a susralnaole syslem It lollows lhar expendimu on earegorres 3 lo 5 eonserye and erenle weahh in nny sulelv. ii a grenl many weallhprodueing assels are availaole, lhen same degeneralrye assers can he supporled. In“ any soriely wlnen spends only on saleaorles l and 2 will hrsr pollule, and lhen eyenrually exlmguish, rls resouree oase Aparr hum lhe assel ealegories givfll above, rareiul eonsideraoon musl be gm“ hy any blokglon no whal rs |ocll|y eonseryed and used lrhe basis oi regional weallh, sueh as soill and whal ean ho exporied ns a lrade rlem (surplus warer or surplus manulaerurel, ll lhen lollows lhal lrnanelal insrlrulions should rhemselyes pay elose allenlron «r lherr iulkuun in lhar region. preyenlme llahges of essenonl rsourees, and enpedrnng lhe expon ol loeal surplus "I order to iron, searee resources In|0 lhe mgmn Such surplus should nol, however, lse based on lhe loss ol any inepliczabk resoureesueh as soil or humus Above all, any llnanrral insl ullnn should pay allenoon or two neeessnous ~loundallon slones~. - AN ETHIC. erpressed as a puolrshed, lzgally bxndlng,and puolrely known ehaner, and - RESTRICTION TO APPROPRIATE RESOURCE uEvELcPMENT AND noun n rls operalrons llor nnl all llnaneial rnsnlunons sun every olneenye oi mmmumryl wnhoulerhus or reslnelions, any linanelal insnnrnon rs a danger and a weakness in a cornmunny Wilh sound aims and resource usage reslrrelrons, any rmaneral insnnrnon ran pwvflu lenkage ol wenlth anal the erosion or oasie resourres, so that n is rlsell an asset ooeommunny, and ouilds weallh lor remeesnnenl. Financial lnslllulrons lrhose whreh deal in publrr lundsl are allhe [allowing nanrre r credu mun-u - Credll eooperallres . 'lrusrsand loundnlrons - Savmgs and loan banks, or ammhuns . lnsuranoeaeeneles - Finanee companies and kndlng organisalinm - Cmnmmial or merehanl banks - lnyeronenr hrokersand sloelr exchanges - l.rmiled lilblllry eompanies lrisksapllall r Trading or puolre romparues - Cooperaoyes Thereareorher and rmnorsyslems in use, bu| earh pl lhe abor-e ars now worldwrde, have spsonerppmpriole uses, and ran be lairly easily underslood or erealed by any eommunily The essenrlals ol an elhieal hank syslem is non only lhal n has an elhieal eharner and is