You may want to look at: Environmental Sustainability: Universal and Non-Negotiable Robert Goodland, Herman Daly Ecological Applications, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov., 1996) , pp. 1002-1017 This paper directly adresses this issue and points out the importance of distinguishing environmental, economic and social sustainability.
----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Stacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 7:46:20 AM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Sustainability Definition As a resource manager, I worry about it a lot! It has become a tag, with the connotation that the environment is being protected - if it's sustainable, it has to be OK, right? Unfortunately, it depends on which goals are being sustained, and it almost always involves compromise to the environment to sustain the level of human development that is the usual goal. There was a great article making this point that I read not long ago, but I lost the reference. But I'm sure ecologgers have some suggestions and citations. Paul S. >>> Wayne Tyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/05/06 09:53PM >>> Am I the only one who worries that "sustainability" has more than one meaning ranging from the useful, even critical, to a deceptive buzzword? WT
