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Date: 04 February 2007 14:23:39
As Dave's been finding out over on cartoonchurch.com. 2007/02/03/responding-to-climate-change
I encountered similar gloomy prognostications ( is that the word?) by The Indpendent earlier in the week. I was in the post office paying car tax for Mr M at the time. Thereby aiding and abetting the emission of yet more gaseous substances into the atmosphere. Although I'm a non-driver myself, I have to put my hand up and admit to the Miffy household falling woefully short of the ideal on the environmentally- friendly front. The number of vehicles we possess is in direct disproportion to the actual number of licence holders. Even taking into account the fact that Ms Miff hasn't taken her Miffmobylette with her to uni.
However, we've taken a step forward recently in that Mr M has sold one of his gas-guzzlers (Smudgie, if you're reading this, tell Tiddles and Smudgelet that we've just waved bye-bye to the Miffboulder) and is negotiating terms for the sale of the second. Which leaves him with one vehicle. And with the imminentish move of his office to *Ahem* think of a famous poem by a certain Mr. J. Betjeman - he's proposing to combine his love of cycling with support of the public transport system, train to *ahem* and folding cycle (the Brompton comes recommended) to work. Though to be honest, I'm not entirely certain that his reasons are entirely 'green' ones. But never mind. The main thing is that he's doing something; whatever his motives might be.
Meanwhile, as I near the end of the current unit in my course and ponder which to tackle next, the theme's hovering round the edges of my consciousness also. I'm fairly certain as to which options I want to follow; it's simply a question of order. Particularly relevant is a unit entitled 'The Purposes of God,' of which the first section is concerned with a Christian approach to the environment. html/distance_learning/course_details/CCS/yellow-c6.shtml
I know I'll do it eventually, but it just seems so well-timed to do it now, especially as it all chimes together with my current 'Seabird' process. (Cue apalling pun about it being 'Seabird-friendly!) I've been in contact with the college, as I've already tackled much of the material for the second more 'vocational' section in conjunction with a stay I had up there last year. So this section probably wouldn't take me that long. In fact, double-bonus: the environmental theme is also one that chimes in very much with the 'Seabird' way of thinking.
Just one nagging worry, though. There's always the danger I'll end up having to do some daft practical project like urging owrk to change over to 'green' cleaning products, or persuading church to recycle their loo paper and re-design their waste-systems. 'God's wonderful World: The Full Gospel Significance of The Low-Level Flush.' I can just see it!