I'm quite sincere about wanting this space to be as useful as possible so I did a check of Google sustainability groups and a vivacious group based near the Utah Canyonlands graciously welcomed me into their midst if puzzled by why I'd want to.
An important aspect of my idea of sustainability turns on wise adaptation to the sense of place a biome defines. To this end I am looking at elements of a sustainability shift in a moist continental climate comprised mainly of mixed deciduous, mainly, oak forests. It also meets the ocean where it is part of the very southern edge of the boreal littoral, (north of Cape Cod).
Among the elements I identified that would be part of the mix I'd include sustainable farming/permaculture, Biogas production from the huge metro waste water systems or hydrokinetic potential in the currents of the Great Bay, New Hampshire and the region near Cobscook Bay Maine and the Fundy tides.
The absolutely shabby greater Boston public transit system would be another core priority as well as its relations to the region. The large lingering number of shabby legacy structures in the urban core make for a bloated carbon footprint and suggest the critical need for retrofitting.
An urban region that pumps an avalanche of trash needs to move beyond recycling to source reduction of nearly every consumable.
The Canyonlands will have significantly different elements such as water conservation and many potential applications for geo-thermal heating and cooling. The role of wind and solar will be far more prominent. Farming and Permaculture will have different potentials.
Despite the differences in the two biomes, the gathered array of resources here are of value to parties in both areas and so it would go for any discrete biome within the reach of the web.
So Canyonlands visitors, Make yourselves at home and questions are welcome.
