Some comments from the chat: We all need to become "Engineers". Engineers minimise raw material use, minimise wasteful bye-products and make things as efficiently as possible - and always have done! as long as we educate our young people we have been active in promoting and encouraging looking after our world working hard to decolonialize our curriculum in schools and universities is key it's not fair to expect children to sort such a massive problem for future generations each generation can make a difference NATRE National Association for teachers of RE - is producing lots of resources to address anti-racism in schools the UK doesn't produce enough food to feed us all I agree we can’t leave the kids to sort out problems, but putting in the hard work ourselves to decolo decolonialize our curriculum is part of our current activism. buy the grapes as it means poor people will still have something but also try to buy fair trade grapes where possible, Also campaign for fairer conditions Eating seasonal produce is a good thing to consider, don't be fooled into thinking you need year round strawberries...… silver lining is that it is often cheaper! There is a problem with some fruits e.g. avocados which are a staple of the diet in some countries e.g. Mexico. Now that we in the west eat them it means that the price is inflated in countries where they are a staple of their diet.
Comments on the Trump tweetClassic confusion of weather with climateIdiot, Fake newstypical flat eartherClimate change measures will cost trillions to us allno measures will cost even more eventuallyMore people die of cold than of heat!Climate change not global warmingnever mind the financial cost! Extinction of every living organism will be the fibnot true Paul from a global perspective. more die from famine from drought caused by climate change.Stirring the potWe’d be more sympathetic to oil and gas companies if they haven’t already spent a huge a mount of money on disinformation on climate change. They have behaved as the tobacco companiesDon’t politicians have a duty to educate the electorate?those who are most impacted (children and yet to be born) by our actions can not vote. so politicians are serving the needs of those who won't suffer the worse consequencesWe need an all of the above categoryComments on what we can doall our contributions to reduce our carbon footprint however small are important. we can all make small changes to reduce it.Taking action on climate change is like taking the Covid Vaccines, every little helps protect the communityShouldn't we all try to be responsible consumers?(On the subject of cycling not being ideal because of bad weather) put a waterproof on !!consume lesswaste less foodUpcyclebuy fewer new clothesvote/support political parties dedicated to making systematic chnageJeff wants to wash less to save water on laundry. I don’t know if the rest of us can bear thatWalk morebuy locally produced food / grow more of my ownuse eco clezning productsFly lessuse glass bottles not plastic!cycle!!Jeff please don't not even in lock down, have a heart for your familyHave no children us being here is the problem.put a jumper on rather than the heating updo not use single use plastic - invest in companies that promote thiseducate our young peoplekeep being locked down ARGHH!Web resources mentioned after the service didn’t get recorded, but what I know about was:smol | laundry detergent delivered through your letterbox (smolproducts.com) A Friendly Guide to being Eco – we have one world, why not try and save it! (wordpress.com)Various Bible reading courses for Lent, including from Church of England and Tear Fund
