Planet needs us to curb obsessive, throwaway culture
CLIMATE change has made its most emphatic case in our back gardens this January. By the third week of the month, while some of us were still packing away the Christmas decorations, daffodils were flouncing around in all their frilly glory in sheltered spots. What next one may ask ? Sweet pea in time for St Patrick’s Day? Strawberries by Easter?
Climate change is not a new phenomenon. What is new is the argument, now accepted by most scientists across the world, that our 21st-century patterns of production and consumption are a significant cause, perhaps the most significant cause, of our current weather and climate volatility.
