The Ecologist

Vol. 2 No. 7 July 1972

The Ecologist is printed on recycled paper

Herman E. Daly

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

C. L . Boyle

Editorial Economics

Feature articles

The Stationary-State Economy

Economics and Entropy

The Proposed Use of Beech Forests on the South Island of

New Zealand

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Geoffrey Syer

Colin Tudge

Rosamund McDougal

Nicholas Gould

Arthur J. Puffett

Edward Goldsmith

A Blueprint for Survival: Comments from Professor J. H . Fremlin,

John E. Sussams

Reports

Future imperfect

The logicians of pest control

Population stabilisation

Columns

Gulliver in Automobilia The author discourseth of beasts and men

Ecotechnics Glass fibre from one-trip bottles

Towards a unified science Trial and error ?

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Friends of the Earth Newsletter

Books

Feedback

Letters

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