oi what you doing here

elantan

well it is about 15 mins drive from where i live ...they have literally started building the earth ship ...the plan is to continue to have conservation going on in the area they are saving hawthorn bushes oak trees peat bogs etc ...which is very very interesting ( i know nothing about any of this stuff at all) they also have deer and various birds etc in the community park (all free not caged in ...the way i like it ) they will be building raised beds and plastic bottle green houses (all of which i will be involved in)

Karmacat

That sounds wonderful! The only thing I worry about is that people are reconstructing habitats that will be simply unsustainable with temperatures increasing as they are. Like, reconstructing the old Hibernian forest, which was a hangover from the Little Ice Age of the 14th and 15th centuries - no way could that flourish in modern temperatures, tho it might well survive.

If this isn't what you wanted to do, El, what was that, what was your first preference?

elantan

well to be honest it is very close to what i want to do...the earth ship is bang on what i want thankfully ...but like you say i am looking for sustainability etc ...i was hoping to do veg growing allotment /chickens /ducks etc (the fife one has all of this) ..solar panel/reed bed/ water wheels etc etc... they will have solar panels in this one but that is it as far as i know...this one is more for the conservation of current plant/tree life ...i quite fancied it so that the community could learn how to do all these things for themselves ...if that makes any sense possibly not as i aint a good explainer lol

elantan

when i do comm edd as a job i want to work in sustainable and rights based work ...so this is close to sustainable fourth year i will work on rights based ...i plan on combining both though

taxi73

That sounds really interesting and fun..beats taxiiing any day.

elantan

i have to admit i love driving taxi ...one of the best presents my husband ever gave me ...for my 21st (i think) he bought lessons and a test for me ...and i love driving

boredofbeingathome

Sounds great El.

taxi73

I used to love driving but when you do it hours on end it's unbelievable how tiring it is...lol

elantan

it is totally tiring ...i drove to alton towers the other week it took alot out of me ...you really need your concentration for the road ...i take my hat off to taxi drivers /bus drivers etc

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

That sounds wonderful! The only thing I worry about is that people are reconstructing habitats that will be simply unsustainable with temperatures increasing as they are.

Don't go betting on rising temperatures. The hottest temperatures in recent history were associated with the 1998 El Nino, and that's over a decade old now. Both the AMO and the PDO are turning downwards, and the sun is quiet (sunspot wise) in a spooky, spooky way. That usually portends very cold weather through a currently unknown mechanism.