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Sustainability is such a word. It was popularised in 1968 when 12 million copies of the Club of Rome's The Limits to Growth showed ....

  • 1.  Sustainability is such a word. It was popularised in 1968 when 12 million copies of the Club of Rome's The Limits to Growth showed ....

    Posted 09-17-2007 02:27

    "Paradoxically, sustainability may be unsustainable itself. It may be a piece of traitor text, corporatised and spun for profit, especially if it reduces our ability to solve problems today that will cost us dearly in the future. Ultimately, sustainable endeavours are really just a form of thrift. My grandma was right: thrift comes too late for those with empty purses." From our far flung correspondents in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.  See:

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/heckler/our-use-of-meaningless-words-may-be-unsustainable/2007/09/16/1189881339740.html

     

     

    Charles Wankel

    Innovative Approaches to Reducing Global Poverty see:

    http://www.amazon.com/Innovative-Approaches-Reducing-Global-Poverty/dp/1593117523