Saturday, June 13, 2009

Conservation Reality Check

"We Californians are really not very good conservationists - we're very good preservationists," Bill Libby, a professor emeritus of forestry at the University of California, told me. "Conservation means you use resources well and responsibly. Preservation means you are rich enough to set aside the things you want and buy them from someone else."

A very good article analyzing the function or definition of contemporary conservation. be prepared to wear a little egg on your face after reading it. read the entire article here.

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