Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The myth of superabundance refers to the belief that earth has more than sufficient natural resources to satisfy humanity's needs, and that no matter how much of these resources humanity uses, the planet will continuously replenish the supply. Although the idea had existed previously among conservationists, it was not given a name until Stewart Udall's 1964 book The Quiet Crisis.Udall explains the myth: "There was so much of everything - so much land, so much water, so much timber, so many birds and beasts" that man simply did not envision a time where the planet would not replenish what had been sowed. It was in the area of Thomas Jefferson's presidency that began in 1801 that humanity saw the beginnings of the myth of superabundance, leading America into overuse of natural resources for the greater part of the nineteenth century. According to George Colpitts’ Game in the Garden, "No theme became as integral to western promotion as natural abundance." Promotional literature produced after 1890 invoked the western principle that God had provided plenty for people who settled in the west. Abundance wasn’t just thought of or promoted as a lot, but that all of nature and its resources would provide a consistent sustenance."@en }
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- Q17155482 abstract "The myth of superabundance refers to the belief that earth has more than sufficient natural resources to satisfy humanity's needs, and that no matter how much of these resources humanity uses, the planet will continuously replenish the supply. Although the idea had existed previously among conservationists, it was not given a name until Stewart Udall's 1964 book The Quiet Crisis.Udall explains the myth: "There was so much of everything - so much land, so much water, so much timber, so many birds and beasts" that man simply did not envision a time where the planet would not replenish what had been sowed. It was in the area of Thomas Jefferson's presidency that began in 1801 that humanity saw the beginnings of the myth of superabundance, leading America into overuse of natural resources for the greater part of the nineteenth century. According to George Colpitts’ Game in the Garden, "No theme became as integral to western promotion as natural abundance." Promotional literature produced after 1890 invoked the western principle that God had provided plenty for people who settled in the west. Abundance wasn’t just thought of or promoted as a lot, but that all of nature and its resources would provide a consistent sustenance.".