Apfelbaum’s land-use solutions can help Gulf recovery
by grmeyers
We received this uplifting correspondence from Maxine Mitchell, working at communications outreach for Steven Apfelbaum’s Applied Ecological Services (AES).
Steven Apfelbaum, founder of AES Photo: AES
Mitchell writes, “For more than three decades, Steve, and the AES team have developed land-use solutions to help farmers, companies, landowners, and communities around the world strike a balance between cost and ecology. From transforming dismal landfills and dusty iron mines into pristine preserves and prairies, Steve continues to show how ecosystem services result in healthy wild, rural, and urban landscapes while boosting the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.”
She included an article for Green Streets to share that Mr. Apfelbaum recently wrote concerning the Gulf of Mexico and its unhealthy status even before the oil drilling disaster caused by the Deepwater Horizon accident. What he proposes here should be seriously considered by all communities, landowners, businesses and farmers wanting to help turn overwhelming problems into solutions. And while this post is longer than usual, it is very much worth reading and sharing.
Apfelbaum’s article follows (our emphasis marks provided):
