The real value in becoming tele-communities will be in the currently undervalued economic return from knowledge acquisition, application, creation and distribution. This will require a profound investment in learning. Early experience indicates that not to do so will significantly increase the potential for future economic and ecological failure. Sustainability Conservation, regeneration, stewardship, and learning are the foundation upon which to build strategies for sustainability. To not consume more resources than can be replaced in a relatively equal period of time is a fundamental precept.
Sustainability is at best, a simplistically understood subject.
It may be a moot issue if we are to believe in the social and terrestrial effects of entropy, turbulence and complexity. Sustainability is a goal being set as we recognize our evolutionary fragility. It may in fact, not be achievable. Community Networks Community networks pragmatically integrate virtual communities of interests with geographic communities of place. Community networks, preceded by community radio and community television initiatives, continue working in and learning about the local public realm of our increasingly tele-mediated society.