[NEOPO]

I believe that Native Americans were one of if not THE most sustainable cultures yet I am sure that you overly educated geeks can prove me wrong

Who was the most sustainable and why please?

Thanks

[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', '.')..

yet I am sure that you overly educated geeks can prove me wrong

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[Eli]

Yeah history proves that out

Last time I checked there weren't any buffalo roaming these parts.

What about the Romans? They were pretty successful indoor pluming, literature, engineering, the Roman phalanx....oh wait never mind.

[eastbay]

Native Americans... lol.... uh, ok. They were as busy killing each other as Asians, Arabs and Europeans were.

There never has been nor ever will be any human population that avoided overshoot unless by destruction brought on by clash of culture.

[keekles]

The Bushmen of the Kalahari? Wikipedia

BTW, The Gods Must be Crazy is the funniest movie evaarrr!!

[NEOPO]

Ok I will refine that and suggest that we talk about sustainable cultures IF left to their own devices.

If the Native americans managed to violently or with whatever means control their population then they still managed to control their population which is an example of sustainability.

The bushmen are a fine example and yes the gods must be crazy is funny shit

BTW - White hunters slaughtered the Buffalo for "hides" yet the more obvious reason was to starve the plains indians.

Eastbay - what mankind knows can in no way compare to that which mankind knows not.

There are countries in Europe that have a zero or even negative population growth rates if that is what you want to say is sustainability then there ya go smartass.

You speak with such certainty yet history is still being written and most of what has past was never written.

I am talking about sustainable practices more then anything please as it may apply to post peak life of course - retards....

[Lighthouse]

Sustainability is a dream one can hardly achieve. You need others to become sustainable. Even if you as a group manage to pull it off there is always the danger of an outside force destroying what you and your friends have build.

I personally do not want to live like native Americans or African Bushmen nor like Australian Aboriginals lived 200 years ago ...

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lighthouse', 'S')ustainability is a dream one can hardly achieve. You need others to become sustainable. Even if you as a group manage to pull it off there is always the danger of an outside force destroying what you and your friends have build.

[CrudeAwakening]

... bacteria?

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('CrudeAwakening', '.').. bacteria?

[napoleon]

the mongols

[frankthetank]

Amish?

[Falconoffury]

If not for global warming, maybe the eskimos.

Australian tribes?

[sciencegirl]

Greenlanders maybe, they use geothermal for heat, and they keep their population low. I don't know, their were alot of contenders.
2nd runner up: HIPPIES