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"sustainability"
Issues that arise from the practise of this theory is where one life form needs another life form as food. Such an example may include humans needing to eat a cow, how would a deep ecologist jusitify this?
Issues that arise from the practise of this theory is where one life form needs another life form as food. Such an example may include humans needing to eat a cow, how would a deep ecologist jusitify this?
== The Concept of Sustainability ==
According to the U.S. [[EPA]], "sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations."<ref>United States Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/basicinfo.htm</ref> There are two things wrong with this liberal concept of sustainability. The first is that it directly contradicts the word of God (as described above), since living in productive harmony is not the same as humans having domion over nature. The other important point is that the EPA's definition does not take into account rapidly changing social and economic conditions. There are numerous examples of economically<ref>Wellington, Beth. "The Myth of Mountaintop Removal Mining." August 19, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/aug/19/mountaintop-removal-mining</ref> or socially<ref>Stromberg, Per. "The Mexican Maquila Industry and the Environment; An Overview of the Issues." http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/2/11862/lcmexl548eDocumento%20Completo.pdf</ref> valuable activities that are not regarded as "sustainable."