green

It's no accident that this blog is coloured green as that's what I'm here to learn about this summer - so I'll be sharing some environmental tidbits with you ..

1 - Apparently, a tyre track in the desert can take 50 years to disappear - that's how sensitive the environment is (and why the Joshua Tree prohibits off road driving). Wow!

2 - Was impressed on my way down here to see valleys filled with windmills for alternative energy (apparently there are 4000 of them here) - they are tall (400ft) and spiky - so look like some thorny desert plant. However, I'd not considered there was an environmental flipside .. a local magazine was saying they end up scaring birds away (and killing birds that get too close). This has resulted in lots of mice infestation as previously bird would eat the mice ..

Conclusion: the systems we are in are so complex and delicate that even when we do something with good, conscious intentions, we have no idea what the repercussions may be. I think this applies to humans as much as to nature.