How is the Subak system different from other resource distribution systems that you know?

Subak – UNESCO World Heritage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYxCn4a_i7k

Use of the Term “Sustainability” – Native Perspectives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h6uxDQWb3U

Discuss the following questions:

  1. From the Native American point of view, what kind of world they envision we should be living in today? Provide pros and cons to this perspective.
  2. How is the Subak system different from other resource distribution systems that you know?
  3. Any other cultures or ideologies that you think offer alternative view about (industrial) development and sustainability? In what ways they differ from the current system?