Protect the Environment: Be a "Locavore"
Why you should shop local and h ow to shop sustainably in Nottingham Written by Astrid Delorme Source: https://www.facebook.com/NottinghamFoodAssembly/ Biodiversity, or the variety of the life on our planet, is an intrinsic part of both our economy and our welfare. However, with rising global temperatures and human populations adding alarming pressure on our valuable natural resources, one of the main environmental challenges which modern society faces is assuredly a loss of biodiversity. In Europe alone, animal species are increasingly coming face-to-face with the very real risk of extinction as the consequences of climate change provide an increasing set of risks to vulnerable ecosystems, such as Moorland in the UK. One of the main drivers of biodiversity loss is the conversion of natural or semi-natural land for agricultural purposes, which freque...