It is good to hear a high profile doctor (Consultant paediatrician and chair of the Advocacy Committee, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) extolling the benefits of moving to a "low carbon lifestyle".
I think if we took more time for the simple pleasures, things would be better. As the doctor points out, switching to a more balanced diet (e.g. less meat) is one fairly easy step and this could make many people healthier and happier :)
Another thing I would advocate is trying to buy more local produce, if you buy in season local veg; they taste great, are cheap and have a much lower carbon footprint!
My favourite supermarket has started doing bags of local veg in the summer which was great! Even better, when I get time to visit my local greengrocer there are some absolute bargains.
As well as Dr Tony Waterson's interesting piece on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8533937.stm
I also found the following blog article very interesting:
http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2009/05/14/tony-waterston-on-climate-change-talks-at-the-commons/
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