We’ve Moved!

We are very appreciative of Word Press and the great blog system they’ve created. So we’re still using and supporting Word Press and invite you to do likewise.
However we have moved closer home! You may now find our Enviro Blog by Dan Earle at http://YarmouthCounty.com/enviroblog
We invite you to visit us there, and we thank [...]

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Home Lighting Future and Now

The sporting world and flashlight users have discovered the world of lighting using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Compared to the old world of C and AA battery life with traditional bulbs this has been a fantastic advance. The LEDs provide superior light and the batteries last much longer. They are about eighty percent more efficient that [...]

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Governmental Leadership?

There are many ways for our government to support energy efficiency and promote the use of environmentally sound technologies. One of them would be to lead by example in all aspects of government procurement.
There are also ways not to do it.
As reported in the Chronicle-Herald on May 11, 2007, the Nova Scotia government is [...]

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Students in the Field

I am pleased to report that a number of schools in the Tri-County Regional School Boad area are getting involved in environmental field studies.
In Barrington we have Evelyn Richardson Memorial Elementary School, Forest Ridge Academy, Cape Sable Island Elementary and Barrington Memorial High School partnering with the Barrington River Committee, a community group on [...]

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Flat World – Nova Scotia Green Solutions

In his most enlightening book, “The World is Flat”, Thomas Friedman states that to have a vibrant economy in today’s flat world* there are three basics that have to align: “the infrastructure to connect more of your people with with the flat world platform — from cheap Internet bandwidth and mobile phones to modern airports [...]

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Provincial Act – Municipal Planning Strategies

Encouraging news has come our way in the form of the proposed provincial Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act which explicitly recognizes the positive link between environmental and economic objectives.
Of particular interest to this article are the sections related to water resources and wetlands. That is, in sections 2(k) a comprehensive water-resource management strategy will [...]

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Climate Change

Climate Change
If you still think that climate change is a theory and not a reality, or if you think climate change is a reality and want to know more about it, here are some recent references. They come to me by way of The Walrus, November 2006, a Canadian produced magazine, in the book review [...]

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Tobeatic Wilderness Plan Set

Tobeatic Wilderness Plan Set
Finally, after many years and much discussion the Tobeatic Wilderness Area Management Plan is a reality.
A key element to establishing the area as a true wilderness, vehicular access, was resolved. Nova Scotia Environment and Labour will not permit vehicle use in the wilderness area, with very few and highly regulated exceptions. As [...]

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Energy Entrepreneur – We can be one!

Energy Entrepreneur – We can be one!
In the Saturday, October 21, 2006, Ralph Sureette, or Yarmouth based environmental columnist wrote about a real solution to our energy demands and ever rising costs. The basic approach – decentralize energy production and order the utility company to buy power from all sources available. This has just been [...]

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Prescott Street Update

Prescott Street Update
During the week I have been trying to understand the Town’s thinking on the cutting down of the beautiful row of trees on Prescott Street. I support the home owners’ in this issue as those trees were important to energy conservation in their houses by providing a foil to the southern exposure and [...]

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