Reduce meat consumption
Not only is it an inefficient use of our resources (it takes 16 lbs of grain to produce 1 lb of edible beef, iirc), but the nitrous oxide that contributes to destroying our ozone layer is mostly coming from agriculture.
Not only is it an inefficient use of our resources (it takes 16 lbs of grain to produce 1 lb of edible beef, iirc), but the nitrous oxide that contributes to destroying our ozone layer is mostly coming from agriculture.
The Annual Quality Report and water Conservation guide has been a required report since 1996. In many jurisdictions a whole booklet is mailed to all water meter owners for specific utilities. My recommendation is that instead of the entire report being mailed, why not mail a card directing the meter owners to a web site with the information, or offering to send copies to those who need hard copies. Millions of dollars ...more »
The Annual Quality Report and water Conservation guide has been a required report since 1996. In many jurisdictions a whole booklet is mailed to all water meter owners for specific utilities. My recommendation is that instead of the entire report being mailed, why not mail a card directing the meter owners to a web site with the information, or offering to send copies to those who need hard copies. Millions of dollars could be saved in mailing, printing and production costs. Additionally, significant natural resources would be saved in paper usage reductions.
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Currently, we ask private property owners to preserve resources that the public values. The public must compensate the property owner based on the value of the resource. This can be done with density bonuses, transferable development rights and/or tax breaks. The current system encourages impacts to resources to preserve property value. The public will have to accept higher densities on good developable property in ...more »
Currently, we ask private property owners to preserve resources that the public values. The public must compensate the property owner based on the value of the resource. This can be done with density bonuses, transferable development rights and/or tax breaks.
The current system encourages impacts to resources to preserve property value. The public will have to accept higher densities on good developable property in exchange for preservation of important resources.
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