Talk:Sustainable use

Too vague, imaginary, philosophical concept. I think it would be better to redirect to sustainability, sustainable living and the other "sustainable word", which have already covered the topic. - Shiftchange 22:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Suggest we just redirect to sustainability. It's not just about resource consumption, but the article clearly offers nothing unique to the reader. Richard001 (talk) 05:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support the merge. Sustainable use merged to Sustainability would make a single, better WP article. N2e (talk) 03:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support merge (redirect). Sunray (talk) 08:47, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

To merge would be to ignore the large quantity of discourse occurring in the public arena relating "sustainability" to civilization's concerns about climate change and oil depletion, among other sustainability issues. "Sustainability" has become an independent term, used for a specific set of economic policy and management proposals based on Bruntland and Dalian economics. "Sustainable use" harks back to resource conservation economics of the early 20th century, eg Gifford Pinchot's "greatest good" and has been coopted in the past by the "Wise Use" political movement for resource extractive policy in the western US. By merging, the encyclopedia would be taking an opinionated stance on these admittedly confusing, but emerging usages. Mick W. 172.134.233.52 (talk) 10:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Result: merge. Sunray (talk) 03:33, 2 April 2008 (UTC)