is the new North Carolina," said Bill McLaughlin, a curator at the U.S. Crape myrtles and camellias will have it easier. Colorado blue spruce and hemlock, at home in the cold, might have a harder time. The foundation's findings provide a window into the local effects of climate change, scaled down to lawn level. In 1990, the region was on the border of northern and southern growing zones, but a foundation official said that has changed after 15 years of balmy winter weather. In a revised map of "hardiness zones" - bands of similar temperatures where similar trees are likely to grow in winter - the foundation reclassified the entire Washington area in the same zone as parts of North Carolina and Texas. The source is the National Arbor Day Foundation, hardly a hotbed of half-baked hyperbole:Ī warming climate in the Washington area is beginning to affect the area's trees, with cold-loving species finding the weather less welcoming and southern transplants thriving, according to findings released yesterday by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The Washington Post provides a dramatic illustration for what I've been saying about climate change being imperceptible from one year to the next, but indisputable when viewed over recent decades. Posted by Pen Ultimate at 3:12 AM 0 comments Thursday, July 26, 2007 At least cutting down on the bags is a start - one we wouldn't have taken without the small financial incentive at the checkout counter.Īnd when you walk in the beautiful mountains around here, you don't see plastic bags in the trees and streams!
There's still far too much plastic in our lives, and we're trying to find other ways to reduce the amount that comes through our house. At first it was annoying to remember to bring bags. Compare that to life in the US, where you can easily get 20 plastic bags on a single trip to the supermarket. We've lived in Switzerland for about 7 months now, and we've used maybe 20 grocery bags in that time. And the bags sturdy constructions with handles, well worth the money. Sometimes you'll forget to bring one, or you'll stop off at a store when you weren't expecting to, so you have to buy a new bag - at 30 cents, it's no big deal, but then you keep that bag and reuse it as long as you can. As a result, people generally bring their own. In Switzerland, the grocery stores charge 30 cents per bag.
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