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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
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PRINCIPLE SUMMARY
The e nireellve ol rerlnaeullure: He only
eillieal dKismn ls lo lnxe iesponsibillly lor our own
lxishmc: and llol ol our chlldmns
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.
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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 keurn: 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 Syslzms
- 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
WartN]
“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: