From Emily Wolfe, Bristol, UK
Mulling over Bryn Glover’s thoughts on a “phased reduction” approach to achieving climate targets, I was struck by just how much reversal of “improving lifestyles” might be needed (Letters, 10 July).
Things that were normal in my neighbourhood when I was young include heating just one room, water heater on once a week, washing not showering, half a bin of waste weekly from a family of four, two or three outfits per person, small home-cooked food portions, no car ownership, no flying and holidaying one week a year (maximum) in a caravan.
Persuading people back to such behaviours will be hard, but a ray of hope, perhaps indicating an area that could be focused on, is that, in the 1990s when I went vegan it was real graft, but now it is easy.
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