Of course it’s complicated.

I am trying to make the best choices I can, and I have a long way to go to before I live all of my ideals, but even then, I know it won’t be enough.

I can reduce, reuse, recyle, go vegan, and stop buying things I don’t need, but on my own I’m beginning to believe it really is futile. I will continue to walk in this direction however futile it may seem however, because I can’t imagine a life where I don’t consider the consequences of my actions. I haven’t worked out all of the best ways to do, or not to do things, and I haven’t yet made all of the changes I want to make, but I will keep trying to improve step by step.

The so-called ‘solutions’ are are out there, but vary with location and time and are as diverse as the planet I’m so interested in saving.

Individual lifestyle choices are hugely important, but ultimately, worth very little if the massive-scale systems that we are so used to, don’t change in accordance with them.

Moving away from throw-away consumerism, and production of single use items (of any description or material) and subjecting every object or process to a thorough examination of its environmental, humanitarian and social impacts, from its conception through production to it’s recyclablity, MUST become the norm, not the exception.

Large-scale social change from the roots right up to the crown seems to me to be the only way that we can restore our world to its pre-industrial natural glory, and allow climate and ecosytems to return to a state of self regulation and change not dictated by human greed, ignorance, apathy or helplessness.