John Ikerd
Farm Policies for Sustainability
The essentials of sustainability may seem too philosophical or abstract to be of any real value until they are applied to real world...
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John Ikerd
- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
Economic Principles of Sustainability
Everyone wants to be treated with dignity and respect and accepted for who they are. This is a fundamental law of nature, specifically,...
John Ikerd
- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
Ecological Principles of Sustainability
Sustainable economies must be guided by the fundamental principles or laws of nature. Since economies are subsets of societies and...
John Ikerd
- Sep 7, 2022
- 5 min
Hierarchy of Sustainable Values
In a previous post I explained the basic differences among economic, social, and ethical values. Economic values meet individual,...
John Ikerd
- Aug 2, 2022
- 4 min
Systems within Systems
Distinctions among levels are based on distinctive characteristics of the particular levels. Economies obviously reflect some of the...
John Ikerd
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
The Hierarchy of Authentic Sustainability
I ended my previous post by explaining that the worldview of authentic sustainability reflects an understanding that economies are a part...
John Ikerd
- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
Typical Worldview of Sustainability
In my previous post, I related the “five stages of grief” to the stages of transition from an unsustainable to sustainable society. They...
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