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  I Made the Switch

  Last Christmas I received an electric razor.  A new blade only needs to be replaced every 18 months, and no need for cream or the canisters they come in.  I do seem to use more after shave products however.  Electric use is minimal.  I have to imagine that this is the more eco-friendly solution.On A dozen men's shaving creams get put to the blade posted 1 year, 6 months ago 13 Responses

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  Mitigation Banking

  
  I have created a blog at http://mitigationbanking.blogspot.com/
  to provide an open discussion about the mitigation banking industry. I welcome all opinions.  Especially those critical of the industry.  I would like to try and dispel as many misconceptions as I can about the efficacy of the industry.

  Provided on the site is a list of many of the benefits that mitigation banks provide, such as; the consolidation of smaller mitigation projects into larger more sustainable ecosystems, creation and or restoration of land prior to impacts, banks set up conservation easements with trust funds to maintain the property in perpetuity, something government agencies rarely have the funds to do.  

  Mitigation banks are held to the highest standards of any other form of mitigation.  Many mitigation banks maintain the land in a more pristine state than conservation lands managed by the government.
  Most mitigation which fails does so because the parcels set aside are not substantial enough to sustain significant diversity.  This is rarely the case in banking.

  Intentions of the mitigation banking industry are to provide the highest quality of functional lands for replacement of degraded wildlife or unavoidable impacts.On On the oddity of privatizing nature posted 1 year, 8 months ago 31 Responses