We don’t want to return to normal – we want better

There is, of course, an upside to this virus and the disruption it brings to our lives.

Reports from China indicate that within a few days of their extreme “lock-down” the skies cleared and people blinked under an unfamiliar blue sky. In Venice rivers are running clean as the discharge of industrial pollution stopped and tourist ships stopped emptying their waste into the local waterways.

The slowdown in the economy will challenge our concept of normal. Employers who for years have resisted calls to allow people to work from home have suddenly found ways to make that work, thus significantly reducing transport emissions across the country.

Read the story from the EcoPortal’s Living Lightly by Graham Parton - “We don’t want to return to normal – we want better.”