Re: Is sustained-yield sustainable?
E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor (ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca)
Sat, 16 Mar 1996 23:09:21 EDT
I sympathize with your position. I did my dissertation research at
CIAT, on Colombia, and while the people there did not look very much
like me, their earnest, hardworking faces and strong, compassionate
hearts are indelibly imprinted on my mind. Were they poor? Yes, if
one considered that many did not pretend to know where their food
would come from tomorrow. But no, if the assessment included more
than material goods. I often thought that they were much saner than
we Americans, because they worried about real things - how to get
medicine to sooth a sick baby or heal an aging relative - while we
worry about whose dog shit on our lawn. Something has gone very
wrong. Have you read the book entitled *Ishmael*? It is very
stimulating and provocative in trying to discern why we humans are
destroying the earth, told through the eyes of a sentient ape. Very
compelling and worth reading. Ann
ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Crop Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
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