11. Have a pandemic. *OK, this is NOT a policy suggestion. But what climate-protecting or -damaging effects might the current virus crisis have? How might government policies to protect health, impact efforts to mitigate climate change? Why this would be a good idea In human terms, of course it’s not. Take that as a given….
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365 things to save the planet: 9 – limit babies
9. Limit babies. This is a controversial idea which has surfaced again and again over a hundred years: if people only had X number of babies per family, all problems (food scarcity, land pressure, waste mountains, global warming) would go away. But what might really happen if you tried to implement such a policy? If…
365 things to save the planet: 6 – Make cows unusual
6. Make cows unusual. If cows were used only used to plough fields, their numbers – and the numbers of giant cattle farms – would quickly dwindle. If we were a government, for example, with power to legislate and enforce our ideas. Suggestions and predictions for how this would play out. A series of ideas…
Don’t panic.
It took KFC three months to sort out their chicken supply after their logistics firm let them down. Three months. And this was a single firm with one problem, no chicken. Now imagine how long it might be after 29 March before Brexit, whatever happens, sorts out the supply of food into the UK from…
Pain in the neck
When life becomes a pain in the neck, I fall over. Literally. Tension in my neck , chest and shoulders crunches up something nore fundamental and I get vertigo, horrible, debilitating, can’t lift my head off a pillow vertigo. It’s stress, of course, stress telling me to slow down, or preferably, stop. Stress sending me…
Self care struggles
Do you read about self care and think, must do that, when I get a minute? Do you fantasise, while on the train home or trawling Tesco, about relaxing in your bathroom with a face mask or maybe a big deep bubble bath? Do you think, yes, I will meditate and become calm, I will…
What about the bullets? Making the most of your bullet journal
I have strong opinions about civilians roaming around with firearms. But in your journal it’s OK to have bullets, so long as they are blobs of ink indicating an item in your To do list. This blob is the cornerstone of the bullet journal idea, and allows you to maintain a running To Do list…
Apparently I’m a trend follower: my kitchen says so
Tomorrow I go back to work having been off since 25th December. I haven’t spent so long in the house for months, since I often work away. This means that the house is invariably a tip. Whatever I do at the weekends is undone by my return the following Thursday night. And my weekend work…
Not Perfect But Done
In 2019 I’m going to try to be better at many things – things most people probably take for granted. I’m going to try to be better at life admin and household chores and remembering to take library books back on time. I’m going to blog as often as I possibly can and see what…
Not Perfect But Done 