Sustainability these days seems to be a key phrase that is bantered around as much as Nuclear was around in the 1980's. This current hot button is better thought of and used than the older term, environmentalism. Unfortunatly this term has conitations of the "Tree Hugging Hippy" and of extremist views and actions. Although I don't believe this to be true, in terms of marketing sustainability has made it's mark in defining environmentalism has ever been dreamed of.
In introducing sustainability, it is another subject that appears to be easy, but deep down is quite complicated and litigious. It's themes of observation in the first assignment (essay) where to say, quite open ended but the main focus was to establish the idea of being awake in your environment.
Perceptions of the environment are hard to observe, and these concept and points of view are even harder to understand fully without appreciating a historical use and habits. Just like a goat track is formed in a field because of the topography, peoples movements and uses through the environment have impacts that are unforeseen and unaccounted.
Can these be be analysed by using semiotics within the landscape? Does the impact of using the same road for 500 years imply sustainability or is it just a sociocultural belief in this is what has been done so we don't need to change. Is sustainability about change?
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