LivingInLyon

I Love a Sunburnt Country...

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me.

an excerpt from Dorothea MacKellar's  Poem   ....    (1908:  written 1906)

Here is a link to the NEWS.COM.AU for all the latest issues and reports on environmental issues that affect Australia.

It's only bad news really, but there is more signs that governments are taking the global environmental problems more seriously - but will it be enough and will it come soon enough?

A United Nations project being launched in Kenya will help about a dozen tea plantations build  mini-hydropower dams to cut their energy costs.....read the article

London is planning to cut carbon emissions by 60%.....

POLAND SET TO DESTROY THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT>>>> 

 previously  (link to article)

Recent update on the Polish Highway debate... 

 The most recent update to the debate over the Rospuda River Valley highway.... the wetlands are included in the EU's Natura 2000 conservation scheme .... has at least stopped the construction whilst the Polish government takes real time to look at the alternatives instead of just 'bulldozing' ahead without the slightest thought about it's environment.

 Poland seems hell bent on catching up on decades of communist rule - now it's a 'develop or perish' attitude - don't look to either side, put in the ear plugs - don't listen to any piece of advice - just put your boots on and develop (maybe a misnomer in this case!).

read the details..