Your EcoBlueprint 5.5.09

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new reality that makes the existing reality obsolete. R. Buckminster Fuller

Nature’s Operating System From William McDonough and Paul Hawken Waste = food eliminate the concept of waste Use current solar income green plants can do it, we can too Respect diversity value nature’s services – live off interest, not capital

The preachers will tell you how you ought to behave, specifically what you should do and what you should not do, but they never tell you how to become the kind of person who can do those things. Alan Watts

Conservation Awareness Restoration

Hitting the Wall of the Funnel Capacity of Living Systems Margin for Action Population and demand ? Habitat disruption Endangered species Human health risks Resource shortages Social disruption Government regulations Higher prices Climate change Restoration Non-sustainable activities Effects:

Habitat disruption

Endangered species

Human health risks

Resource shortages

Social disruption

Government regulations

Higher prices

Climate change

The Three P’s: Planet, Prosperity, People Economy Attract capital Increase tax base Create jobs Biosphere Natural Capital: Clean air, clean water, soil, pollination Society Health Culture & history Social equity

20% all buildings over 7 years $500,000,000 300,000 10 days 30 days

Boston, MA Pop. 589,181 Boston, MA 3-meter sea level rise Pop. 589,181 Source: Architecture 2030 and Google

Eco-anxiety is like the common cold.

It is only when we find peace within that we will be able to live in peace with our environment. Dalai Lama

Bill Mollison, “Introduction to Permaculture”

Personal Cycle Self-Nurturing 1st two, from: McDonough & Braungart, “Cradle to Cradle” Products of Consumption Products of Service Products of Care

All things are interconnected. Everything goes somewhere. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Nature bats last. Ernest Callenbach, Laws of Ecology from “Ecology: A Pocket Guide”

When spiders unite, they can tie up a lion. Ethiopian proverb