Professor Yu Chao-ching of Chung Yuan Christian University's Department of Architecture, who has long been interested in sustainability issues, says that one of the most important concepts in sustainable living is lessening reliance on specialization. Only if a community takes care of its needs through work and cooperation can it escape the strictures of business and consumerism and return to a harmonious relationship between humanity and nature.
多年來關注永續議題的中原大學建築系教授喻肇青表示，永續生活的重要精神之一，就是減少對專業分工的依賴，社區居民透過勞動、互助來解決生活所需，才能擺脫商業和消費體系的宰制，找回人與自然的共生關係。