Well, Carol, we are agreeing with each other. It is just that I'm a little more despairing than you.
Yes, I live in God's Own Country. GodZone for short. The population growth here is mainly immigration, somewhat ameliorated by emigration, mostly to Oz, by people born here or who have gained citizenship here and are using NZ as a back-door channel to there, under our special relationship system. Under 3 million in '75, over 4 million in '04.
    We are heavily into forestry, and having cut down most of our native timber, we now have californian Pinus Radiata, plantation grown, which supports little but timber producers. Not much birdsong in a plantation. I don't think much of the timber, either.
    The trigger for my outburst was the idea that anyone in the world was living a sustainable lifestyle, because I don't think anyone is, but on relection, I can think of three peoples. Pigmies, (If there are any left) 'Indians' in the Brazilian rainforest, (if influenza and loggers have left any) and Kalahari bushmen.(No-one wants their place.)
    Everyone else takes to technology like a duck to water, including those Native Americans in the early parts of the string. They rapidly adopted metal and firearms, as did the huge majority of 'Native peoples.'
The inverted commas are because I contend that everyone is an immigrant everwhere, except Oldavi Gorge.   Chris.