Would it be possible to go one step further than proposing sustainable development as the ultimate answer where people live within nature harmoniously if natural resources were not managed by central authorities, who mostly are male, aged, middle-class bureaucrats? Bearing in mind that we have reached a stage where ecological credit crunch will define humans limits remarks for non-teleological and eco- friendly ways of conceptualizing the relationship between human beings and nature is explored with an emphasis of who that is local, female, young, social science-based, active in...