And then finally, the fifth item on my checklist is the political, economic, social and cultural factors in the society that make it more or less likely that the society will perceive and solve its environmental problems. In the case of the Greenland Norse, cultural factors that made it difficult for them to solve their problems were: their commitments to a Christian society investing heavily in cathedrals; their being a competitive-ranked chiefly society; and their scorn for the Inuit,
そして 私のチェックリストの最終項目は文明における 政治、経済、社会や文化要素です　それは社会の 環境問題への対処方法に多少なりとも影響を及ぼします グリーンランドのノース人の場合 彼らの問題解決を困難にさせた 文化的要素は 教会に多額の資金を注ぎ込む キリスト教への傾倒と 競争意識の強い族長社会とイヌイットへの蔑視でした