Small Steps
And the second one shows how every one of us can make an impact, simply and relatively easily:
If you live in a house or flat, install swift, sparrow or bat boxes by the eaves.
If you have a garden, stop using pesticides – weedkillers, ant sprays, slug pellets.
Liberate your lawn, let some grass grow long, leave piles of sticks in corners for invertebrates, sow native wild flowers for pollinators, feed garden birds, erect bee and bird boxes.
Dig a pond – even a washing-up bowl-sized pond will boost biodiversity.
Total agreement, admire Chris so much he is so dedicated.
Yes, a “journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” was a favourite phrase of Chairman Mao’s, echoing that of Lao Zi. Unfortunately, Mao was responsible for untold horrors against the local Tree sparrow population.