Craig Harvey

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Keeping the Game of Life Going... ( Sustainability = Democracy + Ecology + Foresight ) Ecology: eco- from Greek oiko=house, and logos=study of Economy: eco- from Greek oiko=house, and nemein=distribute/manage So, in ecology we are studying our "house" (i.e., this planet and the universe in which we dwell), and with that knowledge we should be properly managing the distribution/use of its resources. Economy and ecology go hand in hand or maybe more accurately, they are just different fingers on the same hand. Thus, it would take a very narrow-minded person to try to view them as being at odds with each other. A human society involves a lot of interdependence among people to function at all (e.g., person A makes clothing to sell to persons B and C. Person B is a farmer and sells food to persons A and C. Person C is a carpenter who builds houses and furniture for persons A and B.) But the interdependence goes much further than just the humans. A continuous regeneration of animals and plants is needed to provide the fiber for person A to make clothing from, for the food production of the farmer, and for the wood that is used by person C. Ecology is the study of how to maintain these interdependent relationships, allowing the energy from the earth's only energy source (the sun) to flow through all the necessary channels to keep the various life cycles running smoothly, rather than screwing up one of them for the seeming short-term benefit of another. The sun's energy goes into plants which pass it on to animals and humans who eat the plants (and sometimes the animals), all of which pass it back into the earth and atmosphere when decaying. The sun's energy also fuels the water cycles of the earth, evaporating water from the oceans surface waters, allowing it to be transported over land and fall as rain to water crops and refill the underground aquifers that provide drinking water.

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