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This article by the World Resources Institute shows how important it is that there is an infrastructure that enables individual decision-making to take place. For example, I’ve been vegetarian now for eight years, and it’s much easier to remove meat from your diet these days even than when I started to so in 2017. Likewise, because of investment in EV infrastructure, these days it’s unproblematic to own or lease an EV.
The idea of supportive infrastructure, policies or incentives rings true. My own situation makes an EV difficult: cost of an EV & charging when tenement living. My current job needs a 40 minute commute by car, or a couple of hours each way by public transport. I hope that is offset by not having a car till I was 49.
The page lined by Doug is a great read too: The Most Impactful Things You Can Do for the Climate | World Resources Institute
A damp drizzly day, took a #bloomstroll around Gartnavel hospital grounds. #bloomscrolling. A lot of bird song, everything ‘misty wet with rain’.
Piercing, whooping, cries — urgent, incisive and yet ethereal, then warbling loops of repetition — a series of peppering question marks, followed by afterthoughts trailing on the wind.
I do like curlews, their decline is depressing.
My class had a nice afternoon in the local woods, searching for mini beasts and drawing. While they were sitting in the dappled sunlight sketching bluebells I spotted this lovely speckled wood butterfly. We had already seem a few peacocks & green veined whites.
#silentsunday #walking
On the path to Greenside Reservoir. Lots of butterfly around. Also a weasel just to the side of the path, on hind legs, upright looking at us, disappeared down a vole tunnel in the grass. #butterflies #nature
Greenside, lots of birdsong, mostly goldfinch, chiffchaff & willow warblers; Reed bunting by the water. Butterflies: peacock, green veined white & orange tip. Heard FIRST CUCKOO of the year.
The week of very fine weather broke today. Some rain & hail. Went for a short walk along the River Kelvin. Plenty to see despite the rain.
Glen Douglas trio. Hills very dry. A few flowers, wood anemone , lousewort, lesser celandine. Most on the south slope of Ben Reoch & among tree planting on Tullich hill. Larks, pipets & ravens on the hill. Only 3 deer, stags with newish antlers. Some nice new sundew & a wheatear by the road. First Tormentil (one flower).