Thanks Ray. I have also been fighting this battle. When I arrived in Santa Fe in 2000 after years with the UN in Haiti fighting other battles, I realized that one of the crucial issues here was assuring a sustainable supply of water, an issue that is intrinsically linked to ecosystem and river health as well as rational resource management. One of the aspect of complexity and its tools, a conceptual perspective that was new to me, that fascinates me is its application to resource management. Given the growing demand for water, given the probability of decreased supplies and drought, given climate change and growing pollution, rational management of water resources must be an imperative and applied complexity can help. Jared Diamond's Collapse addresses the subject why certain societies collapse and others don't; usually it is related to adaptive capacity and strategies. I shall read Barlow's book. ] Vince Tidwell of Sandia is on the Gov's Blue Ribbon Water Task Force with me. Let's discuss over coffee soon or perhaps at the Santa Fe Complex. Paul 992-1984
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