The city worries about sustainability because, within the confines of its two column ledger world, it would have nothing within a few days of supply failure. The modern accountancy driven myopia of the city makes the majority of modern urban cultures very vulnerable to fear and fanaticism on environmental issues (and a form of arrogance about just how easy it is to cream off a percentage ?).
The country, on the other hand, is not in such a panic about the amazing world we live in , and for good reasons based on their close experience of it . Its credentials include being able to cope with bothscarcity and abundance in ways the cities only dream bad dreams about.
By living with the amazing reality of elastic strength within the solid structure of the created order, rural people learn to respect the mazing resilience of the sensitive world in which they make their home and their living . Copyright Emperor's Academy
This doesn't mean rural producers do everything right. But it does mean to even to be there and stay there ,they have to be sensitive and therefore have a lot to contribute to any discussion on resilience .
The consensus answer for Parliament : Instead of having the lead chicken little Greens telling us all their fears, ( or farmers avoid any criticism at all) lets have some resilience experts advice us by applying science and big picture thinking to the questions of living within limits.
Confidence in these complex matters can and should be based on a commitment to the sort of objective scientific assessment outlined and its application to planning and public administration in a sensitive, but not sentimental, manner.
Confidence in these complex matters can and should be based on a commitment to the sort of objective scientific assessment outlined and its application to planning and public administration in a sensitive, but not sentimental, manner.
We don't need more panic merchants - there are enough of those around.
