“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarette cases; if we drive the few remaining members of the wild species into zoos or to extinction; if we pollute the last clear air and dirty the last clean streams and push our paved roads through the last of the silence, so that never again will Americans be free in their own country from the noise, the exhausts, the stinks of human and automotive waste.”  ~Wallace Stegner, letter to David E. Pesonen of the Wildland Research Center, 3 December 1960 (Thanks, Bekah)

1. BY PROF. LIWAYWAY MEMIJE-CRUZ
Developing Environmentally
SustainableSocieties

2. Solutions
Guidelines
and
Strategies

3. Leavetheworld in asgood a
shapeas—or better than—we
found it.
Sustain
Biodiversity
Eliminate
poverty
Develop eco-
economies

4. Do not degrade or deplete the earth’s natural
capital, and live off the natural income it
provides
Build
sustainable
communities

5. Copy nature
Do not use
renewable
resourcesfaster
than naturecan
replacethem

6. Takeno morethan weneed
Use
sustainable
agriculture

7. Promoterenewableenergy
Depend moreon
locally available
renewableenergy,
from thesun,
wind, flowing
water, and
sustainable
biomass

8. Try not to harm life, air, water,
soil
Emphasize
pollution
prevention
and waste
reduction

9. Do not changetheworld’s
climate
Do not
waste
matter and
energy
resources

10. Do not overshoot the earth’s
carrying capacity
Recycle,
reuse, and
compost
60-80% of
matter
resources

11. Help maintain the earth’s
capacity for self-repair
Maintain
thehuman
population

12. “SOMETHING WILL HAVE GONE OUT OF US AS A PEOPLE IF WE EVER LET THE
REMAINING WILDERNESS BE DESTROYED; IF WE PERMIT THE LAST VIRGIN
FORESTS TO BE TURNED INTO COMIC BOOKS AND PLASTIC CIGARETTE CASES; IF
WE DRIVE THE FEW REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE WILD SPECIES INTO ZOOS OR TO
EXTINCTION; IF WE POLLUTE THE LAST CLEAR AIR AND DIRTY THE LAST CLEAN
STREAMS AND PUSH OUR PAVED ROADS THROUGH THE LAST OF THE SILENCE, SO
THAT NEVER AGAIN WILL AMERICANS BE FREE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY FROM THE
NOISE, THE EXHAUSTS, THE STINKS OF HUMAN AND AUTOMOTIVE WASTE.”
~WALLACE STEGNER, LETTER TO DAVID E. PESONEN OF THE WILDLAND
RESEARCH CENTER, 3 DECEMBER 1960 (THANKS, BEKAH)
Qoute

13. Thank You!