Posts Tagged ‘kitchen renovation ideas’
Building with Principles of Energy Efficient Design 1
Ecologically sustainable development is arguably the central challenge of our time. We need to continue to develop and build to maintain our way of life. But we need to do this more efficiently and effectively to also maintain the ecological processes on which life depends. We need to embrace the principles and details of ESD…
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Wastes Climate change is real. It is no longer acceptable to pollute the air, water, or soil-the essential elements on which life depends. Cleaner, non-toxic production is a new necessity. New ecological awareness has been placed on the biological role of these elements for plants and animals and their interdependence with plants and animals in…
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Resource Depletion Building materials use up enormous amounts of energy, water and other resources, whether they are metals, ceramics, glass, timber, plastics or fibres! Some of these resources are running low and so we are forced to use poorer reserves and cart them greater distances, using more energy. Depletion of the world’s scarce resources is…
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Deforestation Vigorously growing a forest of trees is the best possible remedial measure for this problem. Using energy from the sun and ‘photosynthesis’, trees convert carbon dioxide, water, and nutrients into living tissue while giving out life-giving oxygen-in other words, helping the fight against climate change. Trees also help maintain productive soils, retain soil moisture,…
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Eutrophication This is a big word that refers to what people in country NSW and elsewhere already know: that waterways are dying due to the excessive amount of nutrients (especially phosphorous and nitrogen) washed into them. Constant use of fertilisers and other chemicals (including those used in construction) affects the soil and leads to deadly…
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