> William Silvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> ...but there seems to be a shortage of practical   
> solutions on how to do this.

IMHO it is because 1) not nearly enough people have
seriously tried to find solutions that will work, and
2) those who have tried have been stymied by the
political and social hurdles.  Oh, and the fact that,
because we've wasted so much time since the Club of
Rome report, there are now no feasible solutions that
will not involve considerable difficulties.

I think you are right when you say:

> So how are we going to break this cycle? We at least
> have to recognise that it exists.

That's why we need to talk about it and spread the
information far and wide.  Solutions will require
top-down and bottom-up response.  Ecologists can play
an important role in informing everybody, but they
need to become aware themselves.  This is a
fundamentally ecological problem (energy flow,
population dynamics).  But the solutions will only
work if they are set properly in their social,
political, economic, etc. context.

Joe



 
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