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John
makes some good points.
<I don't get very excited
anymore about new products even though I would love to have them available for
my use. The last decade has seen a huge number of green technologies and
products develop and hit the marketplace. The use of these products is
certainly having a positive impact but yet there has been little
corresponding increase in any ethos of conservation.>
But sustainability is only just a little
a about products. And sustainable agriculture is only just a little
about the current status of organic farming. (From the
agriculture standpoint sustainability is probably even more about
permaculture than organic farming). But really, sustainability is more about a
way of thinking and acting in a new way, and that is what groups like the Land
Institute are doing.
And with
that I have to respectfully disagree with John on two points. I think
there is surprising consensus on the basics among us that have been posting on
the subject of sustainable agriculture . I disagree with very little
various posters have added. All have much more in their postings that I
agree with than not. All the solutions suggested are related, even
though they are not the same. The other point I disagree with John on is
that I see an amazing change in attitude and a rapidly developing ethos of
sustainability, but there is a long, long way to go. It takes a long
time for the majority of 6 billion people to understand the problem and find
appropriate ways to react.
Now, back to
sustainable building design. I have two new clients interested in green
design to attend to in addition to the other ones. The ethos is
catching.
