The Beaverton Valley Times recently posted a news article in their Sustainable Life section that discusses a green solution to developing urban areas and the necessity of green spaces. This news article shows that current resolutions are being made to help the environment by preserving natural spaces locally near Portland, Oregon. By asking voters for money for this worthy cause, available land can be bought to keep it as a natural area particularly where houses could be built instead. Since 1980, the Portland Audubon Society and supporters have been interested in this idea to provide parks and natural settings in the urban area of Portland. Since the 1970’s Portland developed the idea of the urban growth boundary to keep development inside a set area to protect the farm and forest land. The problem was that it was also important to keep green spaces within the developing areas near where people lived as well, but sometimes that meant losing area to develop. In 1992, a group of environmental organizations gathered enough money for Metro to survey potential green space areas. In addition they learned how San Francisco was able to pass bonds to purchase green spaces. The first Metro bond measure passed in 1995 to purchase 8,200 acres of green spaces in the Portland area. Another bond passed in 2006 to purchase 4,000 acres. Metro’s main objectives when providing more green spaces are to purchase land that provides a natural setting inside or near urban areas, land that provides for fish and wildlife habitat and available from willing sellers.
Our biology class has learned the importance of habitats to help animals survive; if habitats are destroyed then animals that depend on that land will start to disappear. We also have learned the importance of trees and their benefits to the health of our air; trees take in carbon dioxide, clean our air and give us valuable oxygen in return.
This article is so relevant to our cause to create a blog to promote the importance of creating green spaces in the urban areas and the importance of making sure we keep habitat areas for animals, thus only making our world a better place. It is important to keep this vision that Metro and the voters wanted; to keep Oregon green by preserving green spaces for our future generations and the future of our environment. We should promote our chosen green way of life, be proud of what Oregonians want and remind the world this is the way. We need to continue to spread this message to the rest of the world that may not see as green as we do. More research needs to continue on the benefits of green spaces and preserving natural habitats so other cities around the country and world go green too.
Link to article: http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=123429028727016900
Our biology class has learned the importance of habitats to help animals survive; if habitats are destroyed then animals that depend on that land will start to disappear. We also have learned the importance of trees and their benefits to the health of our air; trees take in carbon dioxide, clean our air and give us valuable oxygen in return.
This article is so relevant to our cause to create a blog to promote the importance of creating green spaces in the urban areas and the importance of making sure we keep habitat areas for animals, thus only making our world a better place. It is important to keep this vision that Metro and the voters wanted; to keep Oregon green by preserving green spaces for our future generations and the future of our environment. We should promote our chosen green way of life, be proud of what Oregonians want and remind the world this is the way. We need to continue to spread this message to the rest of the world that may not see as green as we do. More research needs to continue on the benefits of green spaces and preserving natural habitats so other cities around the country and world go green too.
Link to article: http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=123429028727016900
i like the fact that the Beaverton Valley Times is reporting on ways to help the environment and i am encouraged that students of Valley Catholic care about the environment as well.
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