Some stories on the environment that caught my attention today.
Smarter Housing Development with Eco-Towns
Shelter England, a housing and homeless charity, is one of the leaders of a coalition of organizations in the creation of a number of eco-towns spread around England. These eco-towns aim at affordable housing with a zero carbon impact as a whole. I hope that this is an idea that will spread to other places.
Where has the Sea Life Gone?
A video comparing the ocean life seen on two trips across the Pacific, from California to Hawaii, titled Empty Oceans.
The first trip took place in 1958, and the second in 2008.
Loss of Biodiversity Illustrated in New Stamps
The Australia Post is working to raise awareness of the loss of biodiversity in Australia with a new series of stamps, which were issued today.
One of the MegaFauna stamps shows a Kangaroo weighing 200 kilograms (Procoptodon goliah). Another features the Tasmanian Tiger. Four other ancient animals fill out the set. The artist, Peter Trusler, has created other stamps for the Australia post, including a series on birds of prey to support conservation, and dinosaurs.
Preserving Our Greatest Resource – Water
We take some things for granted that we shouldn’t such as water, and place great value in other things like diamonds that we probably shouldn’t. A post at Lighter Footstep, Five Cheap Ways to Save a Thousand Gallons of Water, offers some things that you can do in your own home to use water more wisely.
Land Preservation
It’s great to see efforts to protect our natural wonders, such as Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. The State has stepped forward to Buy and preserve Grandfather Mountain for $12M. The land has been under a a conservation easement overseen by The Nature Conservancy.
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