RE: Social and political aspects

Mark (earthspn@crocker.com)
Fri, 09 Jul 1999 09:57:41 -0400

>Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:33:55 -0500
>From: "Ikerd, John E." <IkerdJ@missouri.edu>

>Instead, I think of sustainability as a single entity that
>has three distinct "dimensions" -- in the same sense that a wooden box has
>three dimensions; height, length, and width. A box that lacks any one or
>two of these dimensions is not a box at all, but instead is an infinitely
>thin board or stick. We can't understand the fundamental nature of a box
>by taking it apart and looking at its height, length, or width separately.
>We have to understand the concept of a box as a whole.

Does this mean we have to think INSIDE the box?

Happy weekend!

Mark
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