Was pondering this when stuck in yet another traffic jam on Friday. It’s a journey I happily do on my bike but not safe to do that when I have my kids with me because of all the traffic. Drastically better cycle lane provision would make my life so much easier! I was looking at the amount of traffic and thinking it’s clear we can’t go on like this.
Then this morning someone on the radio saying that Greta et al would have more impact on the environment if they gave up beef for a month rather than going on school strikes.
So if we do everything we need to do over then next 20 years what does that look like?
- city centres with no traffic and vastly improved cycle and public transport provision.
- we all hire electric cars when needed rather than owning one.
- we eat high quality meet once or twice a week and we are veggie rest of the time.
- we can’t waste water on our gardens so Mediterranean planting is in.
- we reduce travelling for work so no flights, Video conferencing work from home more, holiday in UK or France.
- May have to have a cap on number of kids?
- houses have to be much more energy efficient and may need drastic alterations
What else?