An Environmental Library And Hub

Over-fishing doesn't just deplete the fish sought for food, it also depletes predators, which keep fish numbers in control.

One young man, who grew up in Colorado, is passionate about the environment. Of course, living most of his life in Colorado's natural beauty, produces its own inspiration. That is the backdrop for Todd Lehman's commitment to environmental sustainability. He has already obtained academic credentials, with a bachelor's degree in Sustainability from the University of Utah.

Next step on the road of life was as Co-founder and Executive Director of ENVIROHUB, one of the largest ONLINE LIBRARIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION and a gathering place for environmental groups to collaborate on the most important environmental issues facing the world today.



There are three vital issues which this organization is attempting to address: the vanishing ice, the vanishing forest, and species collapse.

Already, many environmental scientists are aware of the disappearing ice pack. President Obama is scheduled to make a trip to the Arctic within Alaska, to talk with those native to the area about how the depleting ice pack is affecting them. The same thing is happening in Greenland, with melting surface water of the lakes causing parts of the ice sheet to slide into the ocean. This is something that is being monitored through EnviroHub collaboration. The group is also assisting in monitoring the Antarctic ice sheet.

In some ways, the issue of vanishing forests, especially rainforests is also affecting the rate at which species of plants and animals are vanishing. These tropical rainforests have not yet been completely tapped for all of their benefits, particularly in cleansing some of the carbons out of the atmosphere and their potential for medical and other scientific uses. Yet, the forestry industry continues its exploitation of these forests for wood products, without pondering any of the negative effects.

For instance, in Borneo, 80% of the forests have already been exploited for logging. When the trees are removed, there is no brake on water runoff and erosion starts to creep in and affect soil cover. That doesn't even account for the forest animals and plants, which needed the tree cover in order to survive.

Animals like these are affected by humanity's careless exploitation of the environment.

The issue of vanishing species, although addressed somewhat by the issues of vanishing ice and vanishing forests, is still a work in progress on EnviroHub. The site lists several organizations that are working together under the other other two topic areas.

Although the oceans may rise as ice sheets melt, that won't produce additional potable water.

Thanks to this article from Pollination Project: https://thepollinationproject.org/grants-awarded/todd-lehman-envirohub/; this article from about.me: https://about.me/toddlehman; and the above links.

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