Winter and summer mood, and a climate change interview on TRT World
I have a photo and a video to share for today. The image should bring me back to this newsletter's "Wednesday Picture" tradition. I let that slip away simply because it was so cold in Ottawa that I didn't go outside often enough to take photos. But I like this one that I took yesterday; for me, it shows how life is here in the winter. This area is where I often go for a walk.
Summer reporting: a long hike, alternated with city trips, or back to the island?
I'm thinking about doing a long walk this summer in Europe, alternated with trips by public transport to historic cities close to the route. Such a trip would mean many weeks of travel pictures, local history, some nature observations, and hiking stories for this newsletter. But it also means weeks without any writing on policy and global events.
Let me know if you believe that such a long adventure is a bad idea; in that case, you might easily convince me to retreat to my favorite island, with its beautiful dunes and beaches, where I spent last summer.
Climate crisis interview on TRT World
And I was live on TRT World Television today. I thought the five-minute interview would be about the devastation caused by tropical cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar. However, I got questions on hope and despair about climate change and whether there still is time to act on climate.
Well, you can see it for yourself here:
Podcast
Tomorrow I will look back at this week's environmental, nature, and other news with Alister Doyle. So that is Thursday, February 10th, at 3 pm ET (9 pm in most of Europe). You can listen on any device on the website, click here:
I write this newsletter, take photos, do interviews on climate change like this one of today, make podcasts about the environment, and even share my travel plans for the summer because I believe that together we can do better on this beautiful but fragile planet.
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I vote for the summer walk in Europe, so diverse from north to south and look forward to your beautiful pictures.
Great interview - how annoying that they didn't stick to what they said they were gonna ask you about. I loved what you said about doing nothing being the worst thing we can do. Also true in other or all aspects of life.
What a picture! Would love some snow here. Hope you're staying warm. Off on a longish walk myself. It's 11 degrees and sunny today. Would love to hear/read about a long walk in Europe, but I also love your island stories. Long walk is definitely not a bad idea in my opinion. Just be careful if you happen to walk in Switzerland - you wouldn't want to be the second Dutchman within a year to have the police called on him. We're weird that way.