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"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
lhemody'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. 'lhe 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
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