The MYADSL green thread

[ettubrute]

Have a couple of comments on the recycling list:

1. Cardboard (flattened)

Why do I have to flatten it? Are the recycle people too lazy?

2. Plastic and Cans, all items that say "please rinse"

Thus, you are asking us to waste water...

Better idea, for more than one reason, is to employ extra people (good!) and rinse with a reusable source of water (again good!)

With reusable source of water I mean that the recycling company could build a system like the fancy car washes, where run-off water from the process is collected, filtered and reused many times, saving the precious water resources. Combine this with a rainwater collection system, and it will hardly be necessary to use municipal water!

 

[BCO]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8338880.stm

More than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists have warned.

Out of the 47,677 species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 17,291 were deemed to be at serious risk.

These included 21% of all known mammals, 30% of amphibians, 70% of plants and 35% of invertebrates.

Go humans!

 

[BCO]

http://protectchagos.org/

Help support the momentum to create the world's largest marine reserve by signing the petition above.

 

[Praeses]

Who's the best reputable shop to buy LED bulbs from? I'm looking for a 75W incandescent replacement LED bulb (E27 fitting) for a decent price.

 

[BCO]

Ask Montypython here on MyBB.

 

[Fazda]

Thought you might like this...

 

[BCO]

Good news - Galapagos Islands No Longer on UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger

At the annual meeting of the UNESCO committee for World Heritage Sites, which was held this year in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, it was decided that Ecuador has improved the situation in the Galapagos Islands to such an extent that they need no longer be included on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

The Galapagos Islands were added to the List of World Heritage in Danger during the 2007 meeting for three reasons:

Uncontrolled human population growth,
Unregulated tourism, and
Insufficient measures to stop invasive species from entering the islands.
For the past three years, the Ecuadorian government—working in conjunction with the Galapagos National Park Service and several other governmental and non-governmental environmental groups (including foreign NGOs such as Sea Shepherd Conservation Society), have been working hard to improve the situation in the archipelago.

The following are examples of these improvements:

Illegal immigrants have been deported, and immigration control has increased.
The tourist sector is better regulating the influx of a high number of tourists each year.
Several projects are underway to minimize the transportation of invasive species on cargo and tourist boats.
Sea Shepherd Galapagos has several running projects that contribute to a better-controlled environment, such as the Police Dog Project, Radio Communications Project, Automatic Identification System (AIS) Project, and more.

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100729-1.html

 

[BCO]

22% of all plant species are facing extinction:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19515-a-fifth-of-all-wild-plant-species-face-extinction.html