the little things

 It is the little things that count. What we eat is only one example. If we could only reduce the amount of meat that we eat daily, and especially the amount of factory farmed meat, it would improve our environment. Some stores provide grass-fed beef, which is environmentally better. Tofu is also an excellent protein source and there are many excellent tofu recipes that do not just attempt to be fake meat. 

Another one of the little things we can do is to limit unnecessary local travel by reducing the number of unnecessary physical meetings, especially ones where some people will inevitably drive. Some social events and some religious services can justify the need for a physical presence, but business meetings do not and often function more efficiently via video conference, because people remain focused on the business itself. Some parishes are so compact that everyone can easily walk to meetings or to other physical events. St. George's is not.

In an article in the Guardian, Patrick Greenfield wrote on 2 March 2023; "Those of us in richer countries, especially richer people in rich countries, need to be looking at their own footprint. On a planet with limited resources, excess overconsumption by the rich in particular has to be limited, otherwise it just doesn’t add up…" We need to keep this in mind when shopping and travelling. 


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