Bamboo is a highly sustainable plant. ... This makes it a super sustainable alternative due to its naturally renewing properties. Plus, nasty pesticides and chemicals aren't required when harvesting bamboo. This means the cultivation is natural, and never harms the environment.

The goals for a transition toward sustainability, as we set them out in Chapter 1, are to meet human needs over the next two generations while reducing hunger and poverty and preserving our environmental life support systems. The activities to approach this goal can only move ahead within the constraints set by resources and the environment. Many people have argued that, unless we make dramatic changes in our human enterprises, the development needed to meet future human needs risks damaging the life-support capabilities of the earth—which in turn would of course prevent society from meeting its goals. In this chapter, we therefore ask two related questions:

• What are the greatest threats that humanity will encounter as it attempts to navigate the transition to sustainability?

• What are the most promising opportunities for avoiding or circumventing these threats on the path to sustainability

Spending time around trees and looking at trees reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and improves mood. Numerous studies show that both exercising in forests and simply sitting looking at trees reduce blood pressure as well as the stress-related hormones cortisol and adrenaline.

When you live in the country, a basic understanding of agriculture is useful. Farming has played an important role in Pennsylvania's history and continues to contribute to your community today. Many of the qualities people enjoy about country living result directly from farming, including open space, aesthetic and pastoral views, and the rural way of life. Agriculture's contributions to your community include environmental, economic, and cultural benefits.

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Mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses sequester huge amounts of carbon in plants and soil. Protecting them inhibits degradation and safeguards their carbon sinks.

Mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses sequester huge amounts of carbon in plants and soil. Protecting them inhibits degradation and safeguards their carbon sinks.

Mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses sequester huge amounts of carbon in plants and soil. Protecting them inhibits degradation and safeguards their carbon sinks.