Agricultural Economics Department
Date of this Version
8-19-1998
Citation
Cornhusker Economics, August 19, 1998, agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics
Abstract
During a conference highlighting "sustainable Communities," Margaret Thomas presented a paper based upon a 1994 research project designed to explore economic development strategies that would increase local prosperity and also protect the environment and protect natural resources. She described the economy and ecology as two sides of the same coin and proposed reconsidering human systems and industrial systems in the light of these two natural laws: 1) resources are to be used no faster than they are replenished, and 2) matter is ultimately recycled for reuse in biological or physical systems.
Comments
Copyright 1998 University of Nebraska.