Tuesday, 24 April 2007

How do we reconnect people with the countryside

According to the Observer on Sunday, 32% of the British public still are not aware of climate change or the effects of it.

In a thought provoking article, Madeline Bunting examines how the British public have lost their connection with the countryside and how this affects their thinking with the environment.

She's perhaps a little over keen to knock the middle classes, but the core principle is correct in that we need to get those people to live in the cities to actually reconnect with the countryside in the same way that countries such as Sweden do.a

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