Eco Island Supporters Ponder The Future
Dec 3rd, 2009 | By Citizen Media | Isle of Wight News From The Island Pulse
Eco Island Supporters say: LET’S NOT BURY OUR HEADS IN THE SAND
While awaiting the outcome of the Planning Departments decision this Thursday evening, the Eco Island Supporters group ponder on a possible future for the island.
With weather predictions forecasting more rain and more flooding, what will the planning department do? Will it take the long-term view or hide its head in the sand.
The Eco-Island Supporters Group stage a mock-up of a picnic in a park, which may well disappear under water in a couple of decades due to rising sea levels
The group wanted to highlight how time is running out for the changing climate as well as for the Isle of Wight itself.
The main argument for refusing planning permission is the detrimental impact on the landscape, although the pro-wind supporters group would argue that coastal erosion and flooding as well as changing ecosystems are much more of a permanent threat to the island’s landscape than temporary renewable energy structures.
