At 02:24 PM 8/14/2008 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone know about porous sidewalks (which let water through so there's >less run-off)? >It sounds really smart to me, and I'm told it's being adopted in big cities >like Seattle and Toronto.
Hi, Miranda. One site is http://www.pervious.com/ >If it's actually as smart as it sounds, why aren't we using it here? Too >expensive? There is some use of such materials here, but I'm not sure about the concrete and why more of it isn't used here? Could be cost? Take care. Tom Tom Shelley 118 E. Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607 342-0864 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/99319958 P I thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The World Commission on Environment and Development, Gro Harlem Brundtland Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987 MY NOTE: Sustainable development does not mean "sustainable growth" as growth per se is not sustainable. And the term "sustainable" has to mean "for a very long time" (A. Bartlett). "The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives." Sioux proverb _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
