Sustainability ethics: tales of two cultures
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چکیده
Two small, isolated Pacific islands colonized by Polynesians experienced quite different fates—Easter Island suffered a major ecological collapse, while Tikopia appears to have attained sustainability. Both events occurred before European contact and provide valuable evidence in the discussion of sustainability ethics.
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