Editor’s Note: Green Briefs are a new, regular commentary from Vashon’s environmental leaders with useful information to help islanders respond to the climate crisis and heal the earth. Coordinated by The Whole Vashon Project.
With climate change upon us, we want to help improve our island’s sustainability and resilience.
How we deal with waste is high on the list. In nature, there is no waste — everything is a resource. Nutrients and energy flow in continuous cycles of growth, decay and regeneration. Waste is a human-made design flaw in many civilizations.
Good advice for healing the planet: it’s not a silver bullet we need, but silver buckshot — the simultaneous application of many diverse actions. In an ideal circular economy, resources are kept in use longer and waste is eliminated by recycling and reducing the need for new…
