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to change. This is clearly one of the reasons for the success of its scientifi c language
and the enormous relevance of its ongoing work.
Ultimately, of course, there are limits to the extent that scientifi c language can
shift the boundaries of its own meaning. The diffi cult course between precision and
adaptability is navigated over and over again, as society’s needs also change.
Circumstances alter; culture reinvents itself. The challenge for science is to respond
to those changes. History is almost as replete with defunct disciplines, which failed
in that task, as ecology is of extinct species. In the long run, perhaps, the arbiter of
success is not longevity, but usefulness. To have survived and thrived for over
25 years is of course a remarkable achievement. But what really counts is the light
that industrial ecology has shed on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
This volume is a fi tting testament to that success.
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Tim Jackson
References
Frosch, R. A., & Gallopoulos, N. E. (1989). Strategies for manufacturing. Scientifi c American,
261 (3), 144–153.
Jackson, T. (2005). Live better by consuming less. Where is the double dividend in sustainable
consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9 (1–2), 19–36.
Jackson, T. (2009). Beyond the growth economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 14 , 487–490.
Moore, G. E. (1903). Principia ethica . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sokal, A. (1996). Transgressing the boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity. Social Text, 46/47 , 217–252.
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to change. This is clearly one of the reasons for the success of its scientifi c language
and the enormous relevance of its ongoing work.
Ultimately, of course, there are limits to the extent that scientifi c language can
shift the boundaries of its own meaning. The diffi cult course between precision and
adaptability is navigated over and over again, as society’s needs also change.
Circumstances alter; culture reinvents itself. The challenge for science is to respond
to those changes. History is almost as replete with defunct disciplines, which failed
in that task, as ecology is of extinct species. In the long run, perhaps, the arbiter of
success is not longevity, but usefulness. To have survived and thrived for over
25 years is of course a remarkable achievement. But what really counts is the light
that industrial ecology has shed on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
This volume is a fi tting testament to that success.
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Tim Jackson
References
Frosch, R. A., & Gallopoulos, N. E. (1989). Strategies for manufacturing. Scientifi c American,
261 (3), 144–153.
Jackson, T. (2005). Live better by consuming less. Where is the double dividend in sustainable
consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9 (1–2), 19–36.
Jackson, T. (2009). Beyond the growth economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 14 , 487–490.
Moore, G. E. (1903). Principia ethica . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sokal, A. (1996). Transgressing the boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity. Social Text, 46/47 , 217–252.
Foreword