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Before the 1940s the terms "system" and "systems thinking" had been used by several scientists, but it was Bertalanffy's concepts of an open system and a general systems theory that established systems thinking as a major scientific movement

— Fritjof Capra

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A diverse community is a resilient community, capable of adapting to changing situations.

Partnership—the tendency to associate, establish links, live inside one another, and cooperate—is one of the hallmarks of life.

There is no self-awareness in ecosystems, no language, no consciousness, and no culture; and therefore no justice and democracy; but also no greed or dishonesty.

A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala. Both are records of enquiries into the nature of the universe.

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Economics emphasizes competition, expansion, and domination; ecology emphasizes cooperation, conservation, and partnership.

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