Sustainability Haiku

Haiku That Explains Sustainability as Five Words Starting With the Letter P

Phusis is Nature,
Aristotle's thought, Physics:
Earth's wild potency.

Poesis is art,
Not techne's brute dominance:
Beauty in motion.

Polis defines us:
Inclusive democracy,
Learning, creating.

Polanyi gives us
Substantive economics,
Embedded markets.

Place we call our home,
Not globalization's sink:
Our place in the world.


Summary: The Haiku above attempts to synthesize my thinking on authentic sustainability. (Want two strategic steps: educate girls and plant trees.) Let me know how you feel: Wayne, wkhayes@gmail.com. Thanks for visiting.


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