“A small start and plenty more to do”

I am mystified by people who deride those, especially young people, who are trying to raise awareness of and campaign around Climate Crisis.

If you suspect a building is unsafe, you do not enter it and you certainly would not let your children enter.

If a vehicle is faulty and there is any chance of it breaking down you would find some other form of transport.

If it were rumoured that a restaurant was infested with rats, you would get your family’s takeaway somewhere else.

Australia and California are burning with hotter and more widespread fires.

Oceans are warming and becoming more acidic, sea levels are rising, the Arctic sea ice is melting rapidly and 97 per cent of climate scientists, meteorologists and weather-forecasters say that these and many other phenomena are caused by man-made global changes in climate.

We have a Climate Crisis.

Listen to the science.

Yet we are still in denial or putting off any tangible activities until 2050.

I’m concerned about Climate Crisis and am determined to do something about it.

I am proud of our work at Heeley City Farm in managing the first peat-free garden centre in the north of England, erecting the first wind turbine in Sheffield, pioneering local food growing and promoting sustainable energy and fuel poverty and affordable warmth.

My personal target is to reduce my carbon dioxide emissions by 10-15 per cent year on year.

But I drive a car. My son lives in USA and I fly to see him once a year each year.

I drink cows’ milk and eat eggs. However, my diet is mainly vegetarian.

I have a garden and grow a lot of my own food. I have solar panels on my roof.

When my 10-year-old car gives up the ghost in three-four years time I will get an electric car. They will be cheaper and there will a substantial network of charging points, served by electricity from renewable sources.

A small start and plenty more to do. I would be interested in other readers personal commitments.