From now on, it’s Falmouth, not Florida

Spare a thought for poor old Pelagius. He’s worked hard all his life to find himself in a comfortable retirement, on a good pension with a tidy nest egg. But what’s he going to spend it on? With no children to leave his money to, he might as well give it all to charity. He can’t go to a Michelin starred restaurant or stay at a luxury hotel anymore; can’t fly off to distant locations for bucket-list holidays anymore; can’t eat fish or meat, or drive a petrol driven car anymore.

With a climate catastrophe just around the corner, his conscience won’t allow him to do any of these things except very occasionally. Better just to stay at home, lights turned off, heating turned down and worry about feeding his cats meat or fish containing pouches.

And of course here’s your problem. Tackling climate change demands we change our lifestyles, especially those of us in the privileged west. We have to start moderating our excesses, whether it’s cutting our use of single use plastic, reducing our carnivorous appetites or having more than 2 children. Making a difference starts here, today.