Being environmentally aware....

A few stories about the environment have interested me over the last couple of days...here is a quick summary...

Japan has now started its dress casual summer in aid of reducing the ferocity of the air conditioning and therefore helping to reduce greenhouse gases....however, on the other side of the world in the UK, we look at the other side of the coin. In England staff at the Environment Agency are being encouraged to wear thermal undies in order to keep the heating at a reasonable level..thereby reducing the negative impact on the planet (oh..and to help reduce heating costs).

The United Nations has produced an atlas comparing satellite images that show how man has shaped the planet (whether for good or bad)....the pictures are amazing...here are some more pictures: London, Las Vegas and Mexico.

Whilst wandering around the BBC website I also found some pictures of "How the world is changing". Here is some background reading on the BBC pictures, from another website.