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system (n) -
a set of entities, comprising a whole where each component interacts with or is related to at least one other component and they all serve a common objective. [wikipedia]

sustainability (n)-
providing the best outcomes for the human and natural environments both now and into the indefinite future.. [wikipedia]

 
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Systems: All Elements in Cooperation

Sustainable SystemsThis beautiful planet Earth of ours is an amazing conglamorate of thousands of systems working together in symbiosis. Over the last two hundred years, our desire to create more convenience, wealth, and growth on this planet has resulted in massive pollution, imbalance, and destruction of many of these systems - most of which evolved over the course of millions of years. It is now our challenge and our honored opportunity as current human inhabitants to correct the mistakes of our immediate ancestors and provide a healthy, healed earth to the next seven generations of our descendents.

Sustainability

Sustainability is the process of creating systems that re-use and incorporate all of the energy, yield, and waste of that given system so that nothing is required outside of that system. The closest models to a truly entirely sustainable systems that existed here on Earth were those of indigenous cultures - who grew their food, gathered their material for energy and shelter, and produced their clothing, jewelry, tools, and technologies entirely from the land, plants, and animals in their immediate area.

Permaculture

Permaculture is the design science of sustainability. It was invented by Bill Mollison in the mid-1970's and has the general approach of being at minimum sustainable, but ideally regenerative - producing beyond the original system and healing and improving the land, technologies, people, plants, and soil. Permaculture - its technologies, fully integrated approaches, attitudes, and people that practice it - is the most practical and possible approach to creating a future of healthy organic food, sustainable energy production and use, soil building, and fully realized, appreciated and purposeful human beings.

Parasitic Systems

The current Western approach of consumption, materialism, and dispossible products is a parasitic approach that takes from the planet, its resources, and the happiness, time, and life-energy of human beings. Whether it is energy consumption, debt spending, or soil depletion, the current way of living that is dominating our planet is not sustainable, and is, in fact, destroying nature and ensuring those generations who come after us will have little available in terms of clean water, heathly soil, and available natural spaces and resources.

Symbiotic Systems

The symbiotic approach is a mutually-beneficial existence for all involved. Whether it is sustainable, permaculture, or caretaking, these approaches will bring a mutually-beneficial system for the plants, water, people, and animals living in every system.

Caretaking

It seems that our purpose as human beings on this planet may not be the current strategy of domination but rather a simple and symbiotic existence with this planet - like caretakers in a garden, our jobs here is to help things to live and in many ways, to help them live better in our presence and with our help.