Shades of green

York U scientist/ecologist Dr. Dawn Bazely states that equilibrium within any ecosystem can never be reached. Interesting and provocative concept, and one that i have a hard time wrapping my head around, in light of a major topic called Sustainability (that's right, capital S) that everyone concerned with the environment today has been talking about.

Sustainability implies a certain balance (aka: equilibrium) in which ecosystems are maintained over the longterm. (a garbage dump, btw, can be classed as an ecosystem. likewise your desk, or your household, or the city that you live in. these are all viable ecosystems).

What's happened to the ecologists then? Plant-loving, people-loving, ecosystem bent bunch that they are, i'd expect them to be all over the sustainability thing! But, since equilibrium cannot be reached, ever, hang all thoughts of balance. Teeter totters were always way more fun when they were swinging madly anyway.