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the economic assumption of endless growth required to solve environmentalproblems really simply a suicidal notion for any species that lives in a finite world?R Think about your connections to the living web. How is this connection affectedby the activities of your life?R Construct a hierarchy of your own basic needs, those things that are absolutelynecessary for you to live, to b e fulfilled and to be happy.R Reflect on how we can meet our fundamental needs while also making a living.To do so means that our economy has to be connected to the real world of thebiosphere.R Protect the vigour and diversity of the local communities.R There are many small ways to modify your lifestyle that are good for your health,your pocketbook and the health of the planet. Acting on them reinforces ourunderstanding that we can live in a way that makes E arth sense. Do I really needthis? Could I take public transit ? Why not bike or walk? Use both sides of a pieceof paper.R Industries that are designing means of production can follow the example ofnature in which one species waste is anothers opportunity.R Go out into nature . Nature is not our enemy, it is our home; in fact it sustains usand is in every one of us. All living things are our relatives and belong with us inthe biosphere.R Dont feel guilty. Guilt is draining and oppressive as the T-Shirt says. NobodysPerfect.(Suzuki and McConnel, The Sacred Balance, Pg 209-217)The way we do things, the worldly goods we take so much for granted, this worldof technology that seems to be able to solve so many problems these are theillusions of our society. The difficulty is in being able to see through the thin veil ofcomfort, addiction, and our acceptance of the way things are. We need a far richer,deeper, more complex vision of living that does not accept our quick fix solutionsof today. To try to get a sense for how messed up our modern systems are, take alook at our so called modern technology called sewage treatment systems:Mix one part exc reta with one hundred partsclean water. Send the mixture through pipes to a49