Can we really hope for an economy where nearly everything is recycled? Where waste and pollution are things of the past, like stone axes and Spice Girls? Well, according to Melanie Goldberg of The Big Issue [1] the little Greek Island of Tilos is showing us how.
Through carefully constructed programmes of recycling, they have eliminated all need for a landfill site. Add this to the facts that they have been entirely energy sufficient since 2018. and a nature reserve since the distant 1980s, and you get a picture of real hope for us all.
Why do we say this? Because it demonstrates a vital concept. When you are doing anything new, start small and get proof of concept. Next scale up. And Melanie explains how Abu Dhabi will now try to take a green leaf from Tilos’ book, to see if it works in somewhere much larger. If it does, then something special could happen. Because if seen from anywhere much beyond the Moon(i.e objectively) this planet is only a tiny, self contained community much like Tilos. Thanks to those good people, there is no room for despair and every rerason to hope.
We thank Mr Peter Seymour for this story
[1]https://www.bigissue.com/news/environment/greece-island-tilos-zero-waste/
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