Fast Fact: Lost land

Every year in the United States, we pave over roughly 1.3 million acres of formerly unpaved land.

For more about what you can do to save undeveloped spaces, visit the Nature Conservancy or the Sierra Club.


Fast Fact courtesy of the Daily Green.

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Jen blogs at Jen on the Edge (jenontheedge.com), the Eleanor Project (eleanorproject.org), Eco Women: Protectors of the Planet (ecowomen.net), and Jennifer McDonald writes (jennifermcdonald.net). She lives in Virginia with her husband and two daughters. When not writing or correcting other people's grammar, Jen is an avid runner and Pinterest pinner.

One thought on “Fast Fact: Lost land

  1. This just screams why we need to STOP URBAN SPRAWL. Here Americans sit judging the Brazilians chopping down rainforests, but we are no better!

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