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Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast
Episode 178
Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat
Episode Link;
Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat
29.5 minutes
Website
adventuresinsustainableliving.com
In the last few episodes I’ve talked a lot about the overcoming the barriers to living more sustainably. And while there is a long list of barriers to overcome, a big part of the challenge is our engrained values and habits. And the big question is how do we change that.
Many of us tend to blame the condition of the world on our culture, or on big business and government. However, truly meaningful human change starts with the individual. Before we can expect global change, systemic change, or even change at the community level, we must first examine how we need to change.
In many ways our values and habits are a reflection of our world view. So how do we change this to something more sustainable.
So join me for E178 Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat.
Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is E 178 Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat.
First order of business is the sustainability question of the week.
What is one simple concept or phrase that truly defines all of sustainability?
Good news story of the week
The Largest Environmental Restoration in History Continues to Restart the Heart of the Everglades
Believe it or not, in 1949 the Army Corps of Engineers devised a plan to drain the Everglades. This project disconnected Lake Okeechobee from feeding the Everglades water system. This lake ecosystem is what fed the 300 mile wide area of sea grass which is what forms the Everglades.
When this happen, water quality in the Everglades dropped dramatically. This loss of water flow also resulted in massive sea grass die offs, blue-green algae blooms, red tide incursions and even wildfires. These conditions are further exacerbated by an east-west byway road that cuts off significant water flow to the southern Everglades. Additionally, contamination from southern Florida sugar plantations significantly affects the local ecosystem.
The restoration plan is now in full affect and the purpose is to undo the Army Corps of Engineers “Drain the Everglades” project. There are over 60 infrastructure projects with a cost of $20 billion USD. The state of Florida 2024 budgets included $740 million in funds to continue the project.
The aim of the project is to reconnect Lake Okeechobee, raised the east-west byway road to reconnect water flow, and build the world’s largest man-made wetland (63,000 acres) to capture the runoff from the sugar plantations.
The construction of these projects was paid for up-front by the state. However, the biggest polluters are paying for the financing in the form of pollution tax, which hits the sugar plantations particularly hard. Some of the larger projects have an estimated completion date of 2036. After restoration is complete it is thought that it will take 15 years to repair the landscape.
So, the largest environmental restoration project in history is on path to restore an enormous wetland ecosystem that has no comparison in size or complexity in the entire world.
So, the round of applause this week goes to the environmental restoration of the Everglades and the State of Florida for making the biggest polluters pay for a lot of the cost. And those are the kinds of stories a love to hear about.
That said, let’s move on to this weeks episode.
Truly I think that one of the biggest challenges to living a more sustainable life is our engrained habits and values. That being said, there are some
universal human values that we all expect more or less. Things such as respect, compassion, tolerance, truth, integrity, equity, as well as many others. But I often won
Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast
Episode 178
Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat
Episode Link;
Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat
29.5 minutes
Website
adventuresinsustainableliving.com
In the last few episodes I’ve talked a lot about the overcoming the barriers to living more sustainably. And while there is a long list of barriers to overcome, a big part of the challenge is our engrained values and habits. And the big question is how do we change that.
Many of us tend to blame the condition of the world on our culture, or on big business and government. However, truly meaningful human change starts with the individual. Before we can expect global change, systemic change, or even change at the community level, we must first examine how we need to change.
In many ways our values and habits are a reflection of our world view. So how do we change this to something more sustainable.
So join me for E178 Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat.
Welcome back everyone to the Adventures in Sustainable Living Podcast. This is your host Patrick and this is E 178 Sustainable Habits for a Sustainable Habitat.
First order of business is the sustainability question of the week.
What is one simple concept or phrase that truly defines all of sustainability?
Good news story of the week
The Largest Environmental Restoration in History Continues to Restart the Heart of the Everglades
Believe it or not, in 1949 the Army Corps of Engineers devised a plan to drain the Everglades. This project disconnected Lake Okeechobee from feeding the Everglades water system. This lake ecosystem is what fed the 300 mile wide area of sea grass which is what forms the Everglades.
When this happen, water quality in the Everglades dropped dramatically. This loss of water flow also resulted in massive sea grass die offs, blue-green algae blooms, red tide incursions and even wildfires. These conditions are further exacerbated by an east-west byway road that cuts off significant water flow to the southern Everglades. Additionally, contamination from southern Florida sugar plantations significantly affects the local ecosystem.
The restoration plan is now in full affect and the purpose is to undo the Army Corps of Engineers “Drain the Everglades” project. There are over 60 infrastructure projects with a cost of $20 billion USD. The state of Florida 2024 budgets included $740 million in funds to continue the project.
The aim of the project is to reconnect Lake Okeechobee, raised the east-west byway road to reconnect water flow, and build the world’s largest man-made wetland (63,000 acres) to capture the runoff from the sugar plantations.
The construction of these projects was paid for up-front by the state. However, the biggest polluters are paying for the financing in the form of pollution tax, which hits the sugar plantations particularly hard. Some of the larger projects have an estimated completion date of 2036. After restoration is complete it is thought that it will take 15 years to repair the landscape.
So, the largest environmental restoration project in history is on path to restore an enormous wetland ecosystem that has no comparison in size or complexity in the entire world.
So, the round of applause this week goes to the environmental restoration of the Everglades and the State of Florida for making the biggest polluters pay for a lot of the cost. And those are the kinds of stories a love to hear about.
That said, let’s move on to this weeks episode.
Truly I think that one of the biggest challenges to living a more sustainable life is our engrained habits and values. That being said, there are some
universal human values that we all expect more or less. Things such as respect, compassion, tolerance, truth, integrity, equity, as well as many others. But I often won
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