'More and more big businesses, consumers, and schools are Going Green these days. Helping lead the way are Robert Plarr and Michael Fulton, founder's of Angel's Nest, a research house in New Mexico that showcases the latest developments in 'sustainable living.' They are co-authors of "The Secret of Sustainability."'
What "Going Green" does mean in practise? The use of renewable energy, limiting the use of fuel, constructing and functioning in the energy-saving way.
And here we approach the meritum. E.g. - Robert Plarr and Michael Fulton, the founders of so called Angel's Nest, the research unit in New Mexico, that showcases the latest developments in 'sustainable living.'
So, everything seems just perfect isn't? I am not so sure as a matter of fact. Looking at the photos of Angel's Nest I have the huge problem to understand what does the saving of energy means if we assume the life and normal functioning in the middle of a desert. Where the location compells us to use a car as a basic transport unit. Where we must use the maximum of energy to keep our home warm (even if it is perfectly energy-saving). Probably only a wind may help us as in such circumstances (in the middle of vast empty spaces) it happens to be extremely fort. We had the occassion to check it in Poland last year, in summer, when few tornados went through the central part of the country, a video below.
I have a very strong impression that there is something wrong about this idea. And that ecologist, with all the respect towards the "Going Green" movement should be aware that the location of development is clue for energy saving and environment protection. More - I am just deeply convinced that this moment is very close when the ecologists admit the need of urban planning as one of the basic methods of nature protection. Because Going Green - understood as an environment protection and the sustainable development - does not mean living in the distant desert nor living in the distant countryside suburbs.
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