Monday! And I'm just tickled to be back experiencing that lovely spring weather we've come to expect: freezing cold, rain and dark skies.
Pacific Northwest Magazine's featured oft time contributor William Dietrich with a piece about our one and only inland sea. It's a good read, particularly the history of government action towards Puget Sound. One thought, in particular, caught my attention:
The real need is to envision a sustainable future in which we have a high quality of material life and a good environment, too.
This will likely mean more compact cities, improved public
transportation and a system of buffers and preserves that creates an
ecological web between saltwater and mountain crest.
That's the Hylebos. That's what we're doing, creating part of that regionwide buffer and preserve that's needed across and around Puget Sound.
New Scientist has a thought-provoking article about local foods and diet, and the best way to reduce your carbon footprint while eating. It turns out that reducing the beef in your diet has a more profound effect on your carbon budget than the miles your food has travled to get to your plate.
Edgar Hertwich,
a researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in
Trondheim, agrees that the obsession with food miles can obscure more
significant environmental impacts of our food.
"Why not focus on what actually happens on the field and how much fertiliser we use," he says.
And over at the FW Mirror, I muse about a future singing career performing hold music...
Over at the New York Times, the Sunday Magazine features an Earth Day issue with all manner of green information and ideas.