Reuse: Bioregions
December 5, 2009 at 5:38 pm Leave a comment
Sweden has pioneered these funky areas called bioregions. A bioregion is an area that is set up to be self-sufficient from an energy perspective. For example, you might use waste cooking oil from a Maccas to fuel a car, or excess heat from central heating to provide heat to another business. Biofuels are used (from waste wood). This all started as one man’s vision, and now it’s being implemented across the European union.
I mentioned in an earlier post how Sweden is the only country with a Zero Population Growth (ZPG) that I could see on the Breathing Earth simulator. What with these bioregions, Sweden is also the (western) country that uses the least fossil fuels.
Sweden is the eco-bomb!
Clearly, Sweden is the bomb. If it wasn’t so darned cold then maybe I would go live there. Except I’d have to learn to speak Swedish, which could be a challenge.
Apparently Nordic languages are hard.
Entry filed under: Reuse. Tags: alternative usage, fuel, local, low impact.
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