Friday, August 20, 2010

The Simpleton’s Guide to Sustainability

From general to specific. Items in lists within good cells improve to the left from good to better to best. Any suggestions for additions or deletions?

Bad

Good

Destroy

Preserve

Dependent

Self-sufficient

Ignorance

Knowledge

Opinion

Fact

Waste

Conserve (reduce, reuse, recycle)

Spending

Saving

Consuming

Producing

Fat

Thin

Monoculture

Polyculture

Deficit

Surplus

Hidden costs

Triple bottom line accounting

Disposable

Reusable, recyclable, biodegradable

Noisy

Quiet

Polluting

Clean

Toxic

Benign

Clear-cutting

Selective harvesting

Coal

Solar and wind energy

Personal Automobiles

Public transportation

Beef

Soybeans, farm-raised herbivorous fish

Escalators, elevators

Stairs

Jet-ski

kayak or canoe

Powerboat

Sailboat

Snowmobile

Snowshoes

Downhill skiing

Cross-country skiing

Recreational vehicles

Tents and Cottages

Industrial agriculture

Organic Community Supported Agriculture

Using a treadmill

Walking outside

Driving

Running or bicycling

Travel for meetings

Videoconferencing

Daily commute to work

Telecommuting

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