You seem melancholy Tim, and it’s a perfectly reasonable response. I feel the same watching the ending of COP26 and the disappearance of much of my hope that something real would be done and the future start to look more promising. I watched the new BBC series with Brian Cox “Universe” on ABC, which is rather dumbed down but nevertheless leaves you with the awareness that life is incredibly precious and, as far as we know, Earth is unique. In such a universe our prime responsibility is to life. Our systems and our politicians seem intent in snuffing it out for no other reason than short term greed. It makes me despair…
Our moving to the Netherlands in 7 months (yes, I am counting down. And actively agitating to make it sooner) is very much informed by an awareness that by the time our daughter is my age, much of Australia will be uninhabitable. It's also an awareness that snow in winter in the Netherlands is increasingly rare. I selfishly want to spend my last decades in a country that still has snow.
Yes, I agree with you about winter foods.
I'm also feeling quite hopeless about the outcome from Glascow. We've been betrayed by our politicians.
You seem melancholy Tim, and it’s a perfectly reasonable response. I feel the same watching the ending of COP26 and the disappearance of much of my hope that something real would be done and the future start to look more promising. I watched the new BBC series with Brian Cox “Universe” on ABC, which is rather dumbed down but nevertheless leaves you with the awareness that life is incredibly precious and, as far as we know, Earth is unique. In such a universe our prime responsibility is to life. Our systems and our politicians seem intent in snuffing it out for no other reason than short term greed. It makes me despair…
Our moving to the Netherlands in 7 months (yes, I am counting down. And actively agitating to make it sooner) is very much informed by an awareness that by the time our daughter is my age, much of Australia will be uninhabitable. It's also an awareness that snow in winter in the Netherlands is increasingly rare. I selfishly want to spend my last decades in a country that still has snow.