Week 4 [water cycle]

Current human priorities are following the next sequence: Economic system Social system Ecologic system   In contrast, for a sustainable development the standards are inverse, and they are following the opposite sequence: Ecologic system Social system Economic system

Here is an example of a linear and circle model in the building industry. Material flows in the building industry has a dominant linear direction in which material systems are running down, just like our linear water process in Texel. Such material flow is often defined as a once-through linear system passing from raw materials extraction, through materials processing, assembly, use, and finally…