Entries Tagged as 'Ecology'

OK, so this may be freaking adorable, but what amount of resource expenditure (largely in person-hours) is allocated by the English government to save the life of a single dormouse? Ridiculous.

Note: I recognize that spending money on a dormouse is arguably more worthwhile than say, oh, I don’t know, the war in Iraq?

Although this may surprise some of you, I was not shocked to find that I do not lead a globally sustainable lifestyle. According to the Earth Day Footprint Quiz, I use 14 acres of land through my personal consumption, which is still much lower than the national average of 24 acres. Regardless, if everyone on [...]