Trevor Hancock: Circling the new local economy with the six R's
Meaghan McDonald, founder of Salt Legacy, an eco-friendly business that takes old sails from sailboats and turns them into new products, at her sailboat the Spyhop at Fishermans Wharf. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Becoming a One Planet region is a mammoth challenge, but one we have to meet unless we prefer to leave it to Mother Nature to do it for us (and to us). But that is not going to be pretty! The key to becoming a One Planet Region is in principle very simple; use and consume a lot less stuff and energy — especially fossil fuels — and produce much less waste. Here in Victoria the...
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