her about this project she has found it difficult to write herself, so I asked her questions for the future generations and here are her answers
THINK: What she wants us to do is to THINK! Think about taking things back to their source to slow down Climate Change as we cannot stop it now.
THINK when you are electing your political representatives...have they got a concrete policy on Climate Change and if they haven't, ask "Why haven't they?"
THINK FOOD MILES: about what you eat and how many miles our food has to travel to get to us and really do we need that product? Are our expectations of what we should have compared to what is actually grown locally sustainable and realistic? One of her favourites is "Strawberries from Egypt in October!" So, eat local and seasonal and grow your own.
THINK about travel...do we need a car or can we take the bus or cycle
THINK where does our water come from? Other than the tap?
THINK about the energy you use in your home.. can you turn off that unnecessary light, insulate your home, turn down the central heating, small changes always have an impact
If everyone did something it could slow down Climate Change but we will all suffer without positive action. We need to take note of the rising Earth temperature. Many years ago, Mum was told that when the glaciers in the Himalayas start to melt that the Earth is in big trouble...she informed me today that has happened and the subsequent flooding has destroyed many lives and livelihoods for ever.
My mother is now bed bound after a nasty fall however she had announced that she is now going meat free for May, not because she is sentimental about animals but that the energy that goes into food production from meat is so much more than from plants. So if she can do at 92 then what can you do?
Time is short, we must make radical changes in how we live and treat the Earth so that there is an Earth that is habitable for future generations.
I am very proud of my Mum and I think she is an example of the following statement. She proved that we can all make positive changes in our own locality and also internationally. Thank you for reading this.
"We all have the power, we may feel it is slight but we do have the power, everyone can do something"