Merits of a simple life
* T&A environment columnist Keith Thomson sadly died this week, after an illness. His wife, Brenda, has asked that we publish this, his final column, in his memory.
Environmental columnist
Keith Thomson is an environmental campaigner from Bradford who writes a weekly Enviro Watch column for the Telegraph & Argus
Keith Thomson is an environmental campaigner from Bradford who writes a weekly Enviro Watch column for the Telegraph & Argus
* T&A environment columnist Keith Thomson sadly died this week, after an illness. His wife, Brenda, has asked that we publish this, his final column, in his memory.
WE’RE doomed. It’s time that we faced up to the fact that as a species we have habits, attitudes and lifestyles that make it clear that we put our own immediate interests first and completely ignore the impact we’ll have on the years to come.
Sitting in a 620 bus the other day I was pondering the benefits of using public transport rather than travelling in a private car that was producing far too much CO2. Apparently car drivers are responsible for over nine times as much CO2 as each seated passenger in a full bus.
SIR - We take it for granted that democracy, that is governments run by the party with over half the public vote and normally using elected representatives, Is the ideal way forward.
SCHOOL aged youngsters from over 100 countries have taken to the streets to make the case for positive action to reduce climate change.
The UK’s position about half way between the north pole and the equator, and bathed by the relatively warm waters of the Atlantic, means that while we do get a few winter days when the temperature drops below freezing it rarely lasts long.
OUR earth planet has been in existence for over four and a half billion years, 4,500,000,000, and during that time change has taken place remarkably slowly, as continents formed, and the solar input increased. This led to the formation of very basic life forms well over three billion years ago.
NATIONALISM has meant that a fair proportion of the almost eight billion world population get excited by the challenge of international global competition, particularly the Olympics and the football World Cup. In the past many have travelled to very distant venues for a firsthand experience.
THE Uninhabitable Earth is a book by American David Wallace-Wells, and it should be essential reading, particularly for us older ones as we destroy the planet for all our youngsters.
AS a headteacher 30 years ago I harangued assemblies about environmental matters, particularly the impact of our selfish lifestyles on a changing climate. Not much of it went in.
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