ekos: Greek for "house;" root of both "economy" and "ecology"
My new "Good Housekeeping" mantra: "What's good for America (and Earth) is good for General Motors." FYI, if you're too young too remember, a rewording of: "What's good for GM is good for America," an iconic misquote. See discussion below, from a blog which is an interesting in and of itself: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/writing/newsrls/12-02-05a.htm For decades, GM symbolized the U.S. economy. In the 1950s, GM President Charles Wilson was reported to have said, "What's good for GM is good for America." Although his actual statement was "…what was good for the country was good for GM, and vice-versa", the point is that the auto industry was one of the largest and most successful economic entities in the country. Almost 10 percent of the national economy was directly or indirectly tied to the auto industry, and American-made cars were the standard around the world. . . . NOTE: I find the balloon analogy interesting, because another possible balloon-based-vision is of a "constant growth model" simply exploding. Earth needs an economic model--a Good Housekeeping approach-- that is NOT based on constant growth. --Margaret _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
