Harpenden

Climate Change

The meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 2pm.

Overview.
Our group has been running for five years now and it started when I picked up a large penguin book, “Drawdown the Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming”, in Waterstones and I thought, “I must share this.”

Consequently, our group of 8 was formed. We followed the global perspectives of safeguarding the natural systems, the planet and its resources, with chapters such as regenerative farming, heat pumps, land use and bamboo and the importance of educating girls, with the subtext of Family Planning.

The book enlightened us for 9 months or so and we then studied a range of related subjects.

Most recently we have considered the implications of over fishing and the 500 or so dead zones in the oceans, which are mainly around the tropics and also the issues facing a world population of 8 billion people and rising. These considerations are set against the changing climate, bringing unpredictable weather patterns, floods, droughts and rising sea levels.

In the UK the Population is 67 million and we import 46% of all our food. Some may be citrus fruits that we cannot grow but essentially almost half our food is grown elsewhere.

We have now begun studying the implications of using Hydrogen as a fuel. As you remember from school days it is the tiniest element of all which easily escapes and it’s known to be explosive!

Pat Jacques,
Group Leader.

For any further information contact Pat at 01582713166

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