Whatever
their particular causes, environmental problems all share one fundamental
trait: with rare exceptions they are unintended, unforeseen and sometimes
ironic side effects of actions arising from other intentions.
Our
ecological troubles have variously been attributed to Judeo-Christian religion
(White 1967), our inability to manage common property resources such as ocean
fisheries (Hardin 1968), lack of character (Berry (1977), gender imbalance
(Merchant 1980), technology run amuck (Mumford 1974), disenchantment (Berman
1989), loss of sensual connection to nature (Abrams 1996), exponential growth
(Meadows 1998) and flaws in the economic system (Daly 1996)
This weeks Green Thought is taken from David Orr’s
2002 book ‘The Nature of Design’.
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