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Lynn's blogPuget Sound Needs Our Attention NowWe wrote last week about the Draft Action Agenda that the Washington State government-led Puget Sound Partnership developed. This week, a private nonprofit organization, People for Puget Sound (PPS), called for people to actively make our voices heard. "The Partnership’s Action Agenda is a golden opportunity to carry out a recovery plan that is accountable, effective, transparent and decisive with sustained funding that will restore this national treasure to health by 2020." They would like us all to weigh in. It will take a few minutes but far less that a couple hours volunteering on a political campaign took last month and we were glad to do that. 1) Read or skim through the Draft Action Agenda on the PPS Website. 2) Take a look at the PPS's thoughts about what to focus on: Biomass Digester Built to Use Dairy Waste
Draft Action Plan to Save Puget Sound
Letter to the Farmer-in-ChiefLast month, Michael Pollan, author of the book, “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto”, wrote a thoughtful letter (well, really a long article) in the New York Times to the man who would be elected President. He talks about the issues impacting our food system. He says A Living, Breathing RoofThe new California Academy of Sciences building in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is one of the most unique buildings in the world. The Academy, which houses an aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum and research institution, is housed in a building with a living roof that features 1.7 million plants and 7 hills. The latest Sunset magazine has a spread with some gorgeous photos. "The Academy's new home is expected to be the world's largest public LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum building. An innovative solar canopy will generate up to 10 percent of its energy; portholes let natural sunlight into the exhibits and also open and close for ventilation." Two Additional Greenhouse Gases to Worry AboutIn addition to carbon dioxide, there are now two other worrisome greenhouse gases on the rise. The two gases, methane and nitrogen trifluoride, contribute less to climate change. However, since neither are included in the usual equations that predict future impacts to the atmosphere, increases are of concern. Methane comes from landfills, natural gas, coal mining, animal waste and decaying plants. The decaying plants have mostly been frozen for thousands of years, trapped in permafrost and in the ocean floor. As the Arctic warms, the billions of tons of methane are thawing out and being released into the atmosphere. |
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