WALTER FLOOD'S BLOG
Measuring our impact - current approach
Bula Tribies! Not sure how many of you remember this, but back in December, Duncan posted a blog detailing the food and waste data collected by the tribe and how it was distributed. (http://www.tribewanted.com/blogs/projects/931” )The report was wonderful and was a great leap forward for TribeWanted in how it can actually measure its sustainability and impact.
I had the pleasure of poring over 30-some pages of this data when I was on the island in January and helped collate the December data and get it into spreadsheet form. I found a couple of issues that I thought you might …
Read More >>>Vorovoro Surfing
Bula sia tribies!There was recently a question on the forums concerning surfing on the island. I just returned from an attempted (and failed) surf trip to Vorovoro and although I was not able to get my board to the island, I did take some notes and made a bit of …
Read More >>>Headlines from the US National Society of Professional Engineers
Thought two of these articles were quite interesting:
EU introduces controversial emissions goals.In continuing coverage from Wednesday’s briefing, the Wall Street Journal (1/24, A8, Forelle) reports that the European Commission “set individual country targets for renewable-energy use, a critical step in a plan to have 20 percent of the …
Read More >>>New Reed Bed
Hoy mates – I wanted to get this out ASAP before construction on the new reed bed is begun… while the current vertical flow reed bed is pretty cool, it is designed as just a small insitu mechanical treatment system. This is actually what most water treatment plants use on …
Read More >>>Nervous Anticipation...
In response to the forum titled: “Excited? Nervous? Already Been?”, my answer is “Yes!”
As has been stated here and there, probably most recently by Ben, you really do start to forget exactly how special the island is… the buzz wears off – and partly because I think it …
Read More >>>Leave No Trace Partnership
I became familiar with Leave No Trace (lnt.org) while I was in high school and participating in backcountry canoe trips in Canada. Leave No Trace (LNT) stressed pricisely that – leaving the environment after you left in as good a condition or better as it was when you found it. ...
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