Sustainable Rural living

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Sustainable Rural living
  1. How Rural living can be unsustainable
    1. High car use:
      1. Rural areas often have little public transport links.
        1. As a result people use cars.
        2. More fossil fuels are used.
          1. More CO2 released.
            1. This adds to global warming.
          2. Different farming techniques:
            1. Some techniques use fossil fuels.
              1. Artificial fertilisers.
              2. Irrigation.
                1. Uses up the lands water resources.
                2. The environment can be damaged.
              3. How to make rural living sustainable
                1. Conserve resources:
                  1. Using more public transport.
                    1. Irrigation techniques that don't waste water.
                      1. Drip irrigation.
                      2. Water and fossil fuels.
                      3. Protect the environment:
                        1. Reduce the use of harmful products.
                          1. Herbicides.
                            1. Fertilisers.
                              1. Pesticides.
                              2. Maintaining hedgerows.
                                1. Providing wildlife habitats.
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