Refugia Eco Report - September 2024

Overview

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Hello my fellow Refugis!!!!!
It has been about... *Checks notes* ...what? Nine months since the last Eco-Report??? Casi, that can't be right, check again.

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Ok, so, I've just been informed it has been about nine months since the last Eco-Report.
As you might've noticed in the links above, things are a little outdated (I had to find a working link for Culture Home)! This is my very first time being a Councilor of Culture, and one of my duties is to write an Eco-Report. You may be asking "Tuluni, what on Earth is an Eco-Report?!", or "It's been 9 months since I've read one of these things. Y'know, back in my day, we would walk TWENTY-FIVE miles, uphill, both ways to get a monthly Eco-Report!" Well worry not, my dear children. Gather around, and I'll explain how things work!

According to RRS 7c...
The Councillor of Culture, whose responsibilities are defined as orchestrating cultural events and developing the identity of the Refugi culture. This Councillor shall:

1. Develop a Regional Eco Report to fulfill goals stipulated by RRS 14(a) and RRS 14(b) by identifying ways in which Member States of the Region may contributed towards the environmental targets established therein.

2. Publish regular updates to the Regional Eco Report to maintain its relevance and timely advice.

3. When additional assistance is necessary to fulfill the duties of office, appoint an assistant.
   

I'm here to carry out that first bit! In this report, we'll go over Eco-Challenges, regional Eco-Stats, Eco-Advice, and Eco-Articles. (Basically if you can put Eco before it, we've got it)

Eco-Challenges

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While looking through past Eco-Reports for ideas, something caught my eye. Lethodus, a former CoC (Councilor of Culture), had included nice little games in their Eco-Reports! Since I thought they looked fun (and I'm a dirty idea theif), I decided to bring them back!
I've put together a Refugia Trivia Crossword! The first person to successfully complete and telegram it to me will receive a Season 3 Shelter Valley card! But don't worry if you're not quick, because everyone else who sends a completed crossword will get put in a raffle to get a Season 3 The Southern Games card! Both of which I find to have very pretty flags, and hope you do too ^^
Winners will be announced on September 18th in the RMB!

I also have a Refugia Spotify playlist anyone can add to! Read more about it here!

Crossword:

Eco-Stats

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According to RRS14,
14. The Region defines the goals for both its Members and the Region collectively in the following ways:

1. Reach an average Environmental Beauty score of 1,300 on or before December 31, 2024, and maintained thereafter.

2. Reach an average Eco-Friendliness score of 3,750 on or before December 31, 2024, and maintained thereafter.
   

It's been a long time since that's been updated, so let's see if we reached our goal!

Eco-Friendliness
Due to the Nationstates outage last April, I can't see what happened from the last Eco-Report to April 20th. I can, however, look at the stats from the last Eco-Report!
On December 7th, 2023, we sat at 3648.3 in our Eco-Friendliness stat. That may seem like a lot already, but we've always striven for the best, and that hasn't stopped now! Today, September 9th, 2024, we're at 5409.34. That's about a 48% increase in the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index!!!

Environmental Beauty
According to the last Eco-Report, on December 7th, we sat at 1185.04 for Environmental Beauty. Again, big number, but we have even bigger ambitions! Today, September 9th, 2024, we have, drumroll please...
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One moment, waiting for the band kids to finish setting up, sorry.
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*Cough cough*
Are they done ye-
BADUM BADUM BADUM BADUM BADUM!!!!!
We are currently sitting at 1624.14 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile! That's a 37% increase from last Eco-Report!

If you want to help raise these stats even higher, you can go here to check how much each issue raises your stats!

I'm really proud of us, and I'll have to look into a goal revision for the RRS. I hope we have to write more revisions to make those goals even higher in the future!!!!!!!!!!

Eco-Advice

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I don't know if you've noticed, but it's started getting chillier! Fall is right around the corner. As the bright green leaves slowly fade to their amber colours, the wind blows a little harder, and those damned mosquitoes go away, you should start thinking about how you can make sure climate change doesn't ruin our beautiful autumns!

Something we've been doing is turning off the AC and opening the windows at night! With the cooler temperatures being around 15-20°C (or 60-70°F in Bald Eagle), it's the perfect time to start! Not only will you reduce your AC usage, but you'll also reduce your electricity bill, and get some fresh air in your lungs!

With summer ending, some foods are going out of season. If you have any plants that don't grow back, or just have any produce that's going bad, consider buying a composter! You can buy them online for 30-40 dollars, and it'll save you a lot of room in your trashcan, while also giving you a great way to feed your plants!

Eco-Articles

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Before we go, lets get some positive news about the environment!

World Cleanup Day is on Friday, September 20th! Try to go around your beaches, cities, or even just neighborhoods, and pick up some trash you see! Every little bit helps

Children in Coventry have painted a beautiful mural showing what they hope our world could look like with a better environment! Check it out!

Evee electric cars are getting even more popular in Australia, despite not receiving any government funding!

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Thank you all so much for reading! I'm honored to be your new CoC, and I promise to try my best!!!