Heat Alert

[the black fox]

Of course there’s a totally different way to look at it , when we get an illness we take medicine to cure it , …. So what if the actual planet falls into the Gaia theory and is a living entity and we are irritating it , so we get heatwaves , earthquakes ( more and more frequently of late ) volcanic eruptions, storms ,hurricanes etc etc . It’s almost like the planet was trying to get rid of a virus … humanity

 

[Mostly Vintage Cameras]

Can we do anything positive?

Personally I am vegetarian, not primarily for environmental reasons but reduction methane production is a good thing.

I'm very careful with recycling. I make sure what goes in the green bin should go there and it is clean and not mixed material things like removing plastic from window envelopes, no take away pizza boxes etc.

I do drive to work but I see that as being on my employers shoulders as I word work from home by choice. But I keep my car well maintained and it's an order car. The longer a car is in use the more the carbon cost of making it is mitigated (other opionons exist).

I don't buy the cheapest electricity I use a 100% sustainable supplier. They actually pin the price to the major supplier in my area so it's no more expensive.
I use Ecotricity (I also use Ecotalk for my cell phone contract) if you would be interested in using Ecotricity and you pm me I have a referral code which would save us both a small amount of money.

When I lived and worked in places suitable I cycled and used public transport. I also did a week long training course on bike repairs and volunteered at a free to use community workshop for a few years which was fun.

In summary you might want to consider
Eating less meat
Checking what can be recycled and how to "prepare" it.
Maintain your car fully
Perhaps cycle
Help out at a grass roots project to keep old things working cheaply especially if you have skills
Switch to a sustainable utility supplier

One thing you can do today is put a shallow dish of water out fir the garden animals, maybe not green but it's nice to be nice.

 

[Oldbones]

Just been an earthquake in Spain I hear.

 

[Jonny Guitar.]

Personally I am vegetarian, not primarily for environmental reasons but reduction methane production is a good thing.

From my experience with vegetarians that I know, if we killed all the cattle and everybody in the world became vegetarian, the methan level would be the same.