There are several sections of the US EPA website that I have begun to explore and one to highlight today is that of Urban Sustainability and the Built Environment.
It may or may not be a surprise to you that 80% of Americans live in urban areas.
Another interesting statistic for those of you who have done the ecological footprint calculator. Buildings account for more than 40% of energy consumption. This might be part of the reason why no matter what I did on the quiz, I still scored 3.7 Earth's.
Further exploration of the tabs on this site brought me to areas such as Smart Growth and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing. There are many others but I will let you explore what you find most interesting to you.
Sorry for the short post but as much as I like sharing what I find interesting, this is a government website and thus is not the most exciting site and I want you to enjoy it so I thought allowing you to seek out your own topics was the best way to go.
I think I will highlight a different section of the website on sustainability tomorrow since there are several areas.
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