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gutting This made a ieaoiine train a ”wine“ piodud
denyed hum damsged Inut
s. EVERYTl-HNC GARDENS A Mollisonian
pniu-lple is mat 'eveiythuig links it own gaiden-, oi
eveiyilung has an erleei on its enmionment, Rabbits
nuke boeiowa and deieoation mounds, sciateh out
ioots eieaie shun swaidsoi lawns, and also eleates ilie
eondit ns layoueable (oi weeds sueh as ihistlei
reople build houses, dispoae oi sewage, dig up soils
loi gaidena, and mainiain annual vegetable patches
We can use ihe iabbit diieetly as lood, to help in toe
eontml, to piepaie sell lot whistles“ leaidoons and
globe aniehokle), and to melee. many native animal
speeiia in their abandoned bui-iows Rabbits maintain
spedeynrh mooiland swaids eluted |o many oiellids
and oihee small phnli. l . mattei oi ealetul
eonsidenb-on as to wheie this lab and ourselves,
belong in any system, and it we should eontiol or
manage theii elieets oi toleiaie them. When we
examine how plants and animals change mysbeins,
we may lind many allies in out eiloits to sustain
ouiselym and other speeies.15ee rlgoiie u).
7.4
RESOURCES
The energies mining into our sysiem aie sueh naiiiial
tomes as sun. wind, and ram u ng eomponenis and
some ieehnologleal or non— ng units built ill|u ihs
system ieanslate tile ineom ng eneigies into nietul
ieseiyss, which we can call iesoiiiees. Some ol ihese
iesouiees have in be used by ihe sysiem to. us own
purposes isioells otiiall musl be oiainiauied to piodiiee
mole ash) An I eal technology should at the my leasi
hiel itseli
the suipllls. eyei and above iiieae Syslnn needs, la
out yield. irleld ihen any useml neouioe surplus to
the needs oi ihelml system and thus availableioiiiae,
export or trade The way to obtain yield is to be
eoilseniaiive in iesouiee use, toeenetgy, lilie money, is
mueh indie e. ly sayed than genznkzd. Reeouiee
saving involves ieeyeling waste, insulating against heat
loss,eie.1hen,weean walk out paihsoiioutas io send
iesouioes on to iheie nut "in: poinr.
it the aim oi illneoonal design is to obtain yieldi, at
to piovide a surplus ol iesoiiiees, it is as well to be
eleai about iiin what it is ihai we eall a mum, and
th| eaiegones oi iasoliiee itiese ale, :1 these lattei
may alleet oiii stiategias ol use, In shon, we lannoi u:
all iesouiees in the same way and to the same ends,
Eihim oi iesoiiiee use aie mind by knowing about
the iesulis oi mmee eaploltailon. Fans, sells, all,
water, sunlight, and ieeda ale nsouiees that we all
iegaid as part ol a eoinmon heritage.
A seeond eategoey bl iesoiiiee is that whieh belong
to us as gaoup, tanuly, oe peison; those iabeleaied,
oadeied, oi otherwise developed ieaounea thai people
eieaie by then work, and o! whieh a piesenee or
lb
absenee does not appalenily aiieet the common
ieaoliiee Whatweeieale,howevei,isiluaysme;inm
Ill: mm mount, so ihat ii is impossible to dflw a
line between these altegunes,
whatoihei ways ean we look at iesoiiieesi Let us try
a “Md-mulls appioaeh. What happens it we use
some iesoliieas. it we look upon IMm aaa yield We
then iind iliai a iespoioe oe iesiilt iollbws Resouiees
ale:
l mos: wuch INCREASE by Monbsr usa.
Green browse is an example: it deei do not hmwie
shnibs, the laiiei may beeoiiie woody and unpalat-
able Aha, a blowied biennial, unable to ilowee, may
tillei out and become peiennial leg the tiseweed
Emehthites nibbled by wauaby in Tasmania). Seedling
tlees can be maintained at browse heighi, but it
lingi-aaed, "esclpe to unbiowsable height and shade
out othei palatable plants, obeigiazing may (by
damage) eause eatinetion iii palatable selected biuwse
and biowaeia, lsui undeibiowsmg may eause similar
eiieeis lii/omiitioii is another resouiee itiai ean
inoease with use. li withees iii u outdated it not used.
Too little imponei-iahes a system but when heely used
and exchzngud, it tlouiiahee and ineieases
2. mos: 1»:an BY usz. ln lmpalpable
ienns, a View on: good eliinaie isunalieeted by use, in
palpable lei-ms the divenion oi a pail ol a rim to
hydioeleetne generation in iingaiion tille waiei
ienimed to ihe siieanl ahei usei, is auo unaiieeted, as
is a stone pile as mulell, heal stole, oi water nin-oti
eolleeiol A well—managed eeosysiem is an example bl
iesouiees unaileeted by use,
3 mos: WHICH DISAPPEAR on menus IF
Nor um). For example an niihaevested (mp 64 an
annual, or a grass which eould be stoied toe the winiei,
iiiupiions oi oceanic listi, swaims oi bees oi
shoppeis, npe iiuii, and water nan—oil duiing
rims
a rHosE REDUCED BY use, For mmple a lish oi
game stock unwisely used, elay deposiis, maiule
ioiesei, and eoal and oil,
5 THOSE WHICH POLLUTE ox DESTROY
on-lElz RESOURCES IF USED. Sueh as lesidual
poisons in an eoosyatem, "did-mes, Superhigwuys,
laige buildings in areas or eonuete, and seweis
ninmng pollutants to the sea
Caoegoeiis l in} aie illoee most eommonly plodwcd
in nahiial sysieiiu and fllnl living situations, and aie
itle only susulmble basis 0! witty Categones t and 5
ale 1; . iaslili ol usban and indusinal developmznli
and it not used to ploduee peimanent benelieial
elianges to the eeooysleiiu beeosne pollutants isome ale
peimanent pollutants in ieims oi the liietimea ol
peoplel
ll lollowa that a sane socifly manages iesoiieees
categories i to e wisely, bans the use ol iesouioe dale
gory s, and ieglilaies all uses to piodiiee sustainable
yield TM: is sailed iesouiee managemeni, and has
been successfully applied to some not. and animal
poplilatioio, but seldom to WI own lives, investment