%0 Journal Article
%T Sustainability ethics: tales of two cultures
%A John Cairns Jr.
%J Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics
%D 2004
%I Inter-Research
%X Two small isolated Pacific islands colonized by Polynesians experienced quite different fates - Easter Island suffered a major ecological collapse, while Tikopia appears to have attained sustainability. Both events occurred before European contact and provide valuable evidence in the discussion of sustainability ethics.
%K Sustainability
%K Sustainable development
%K Carrying capacity
%K Human conscience
%K Sustainability ethics
%K Cultural norms
%K Individualism
%U http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2004/E50.pdf