People’s Emergency Briefing

Molly Berry has been concerned for many years that we are not doing enough to address our changing climate. She’s been an activist, is now on Tring Town council’s Climate and Environment committee and told Living about this forthcoming event.

No one can have failed to notice how hot it has been this summer. We have had heatwave after heatwave, wildfires, and most of the country is in drought, and this after a very wet winter, with floods in many places.

Our farmers planted late because of the waterlogged ground. Now they say that their harvests have been severely affected by the drought, grain harvests are down, and we can expect smaller fruit and vegetables, even our potato crop has been damaged by the unreliable weather. Animal agriculture has also been affected, with milk yields down due to the heat.

We know it’s not just the weather, we are seeing ecological damage as well. Not long ago, a light left on at night would attract dozens of moths and other insects, not any more, and so many animals worldwide are endangered, it breaks my heart.

We have known this was happening for more than fifty years, we are running out of time, we must act, but it can be difficult to know what we can do as individuals about our changing climate and ecological breakdown, it all feels really scary, but help is at hand.

There will be a showing of the People’s Emergency briefing in Tring at the Baptist Church on Thursday 15 October, doors open at 6.30pm.

It’s free, and after the film, there will be discussion about what we can do about the climate and nature crisis.

Hope to see you there. www.tickettailor.com/events/sustainabletring