Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.961006221441.7147A-100000@purple.tmn.com> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 22:17:03 -0400 From: Tom Abeles <mailto:tabeles@TMN.COM> Subject: Re: Sustainability To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
RuthRead Joseph Tainter's The Collapse of Complex Societies and Bill Cronon's Chages in the Land. you willsee that here in North America, that even prehistoric Indians destroyed ecosystems and were less than friendly toward the environment.
tom abeles mailto:tabeles@tmn.com
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Ruth Moench wrote:
> I have a question that was argued in a class I attended Wednesday. Were
> traditional societies truly sustainable or were the negative
> environmental effects negligable because of the small size of the
> societies, thus making the use of those technologies on a large scale not
> any more effective than what we currently have? With the introduction of
> "modern medicine" and other development projects increasing the life
> expectancy in Third World countries, will these cultures truly be able to
> sustain themselves with an increased population?
>
> Ruth Moench
>