“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, the continent is the less…..”
“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” John Donne (1624).
You may be asking yourself what is the relevance of bringing up these “Ancient” words in today’s society??
Here it is…..
CLIMATE CHANGE !!!
Climate change affects us all! It does not discriminate between class, gender or race! A direct loss to one man is an indirect loss to all men.
Drought, flooding, and the associated damage to infrastructure such as houses, bridges and roads, food and fuel price hikes just to name a few. Basically, all the things us city dwellers love to complain about, but are we prepared to do something about it?