Smallholder, writer, celebrant. She/her I write about our #smallholding in North Fife. We keep #poultry, grow our own #vegetables and cook from scratch everyday #cookery #recipes #homemade #sustainable #DisabledAndProud #HearingLoss #neurodivergent @gardening
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Last Notes npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie #ViewFromTheGate evening light in #Fife no filters… just a snap. #photography https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/899/801/556/904/282/original/c0a5af5a4c02a61f.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie We have a goose on the wrong side of the fence. All I got for my trouble were nettle stings. The other geese (in their run) are offering (very loud) advice but she isn’t listening to them! https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/660/412/644/593/469/original/d5c4a07bd85c17ca.jpeg https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/660/412/758/041/199/original/a5651d559efa448e.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie We have chicks! Five black Araucana have hatched. Lovely wee things! #chickens #ChickensOfMastodon #SmallHolding #EcoLife https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/517/691/063/917/028/original/9fb893d54d069283.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Frosty this morning! #ViewFromTheGate https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/104/365/326/286/322/original/1179d96be6643044.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1eav…g6f3 @npub1gq5…yxjq @npub1xfk…f3v5 just winter darkness and needing to extend the season not necessary as long as we grow local things. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1gq5…yxjq @npub1xfk…f3v5 @npub1eav…g6f3 Still trying (here in Scotland) not to use electricity to grow plants but it gets harder & harder to avoid. Our issues are mild wet winters/summers both of which are getting wetter far faster than we can keep up with. Germination mats are ok but I haven’t ever used lights - which may have to change. It’s a struggle to grow as our temperate seasons trip over each other and look increasingly the same. https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/734/103/764/242/013/original/55832e295ae9ef6a.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub10zv…nz7m do you remember the truly inspiring ’Ooglies’ tv show on the bbc for kids? They don’t make them like that anymore. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1r7e…mre3 This is the first map I have seen that puts us in the red zone, thanks for sharing. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Courgette (zucchini). #BloomScrolling #gardening https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/955/169/974/851/669/original/7fad9d4e5699442d.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie View from the gate: sunny but cooler this morning, the year turns. https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/955/019/445/869/383/original/96cda5557bf41967.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Empty skies. The swallows have left for the south. Let’s hope we see them back next year. #ClimateDiary #MigratoryBirds https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/950/014/678/371/836/original/2d4a18641542c8f0.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1cqh…4rf7 Wow! Outgunned and impressed - especially that you got good flavour from it too. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1998…s3mn yes ‘Roma’ it is and ‘golden sun’ and a heritage plum tomato that I forget the name of! 🙄 The yellow courgettes have a really dense flavourful flesh. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Harvest! And this is just today’s haul. #GrowYourOwn #vegetables #gardening @npub1pur…z24k https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/945/733/705/657/204/original/34ae44b0cac8fdef.jpeg https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/945/733/859/954/111/original/7df99ee2f74a5110.jpeg https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/945/734/017/167/189/original/1cbbfc4af94347e9.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1788…9nku @npub1ezx…74mr What we still need to do is plant trees. A lot of the well-meaning messages on carbon trading create a false equation: we can’t fix it with trees = tree planting itself is useless. As well as huge #CO2Reduction We need a #CarbonTax & we need to use a it to plant trees. 79% of the USA’s electricity comes from direct burning of fossil fuel- transport still relies heavily on direct burning of fossil fuel. Burning trees 🌲 is a disaster but not replanting a worse one. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie View from the gate: sunset in a changeable sky. https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/934/835/114/117/862/original/4dc7fb26d22af74a.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1s4q…8xtm That’s a very positive approach to an anniversary, I like that way of thinking. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie A piece for my blog about #anniversaries of #bereavements. https://janetfoggie.com/2023/08/21/the-power-of-an-anniversary/ npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1yzt…qh0x it is also striking how limited and dated their actual research is: https://data.gov/climate/1/ npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1yzt…qh0x Cars, planes and trucks. About Time it was said out loud. I also note 78% of US electricity comes from burning fossil fuels. That’s surely something that could be changed? npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie The news is grim tonight #ClimateDiary and it is hard not to feel both saddened and angered by what we are doing to our planet, especially in the #CanadaWildfires . But, futile or not, I rescued a #toad this evening and that gives me a real contentment boost. #OneDayAtATime https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/912/527/011/971/136/original/4472d23ca0ff8ead.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1s42…j7yj It’s usually Maggie Smith who does that to me… in that disapproving tone she does so well. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ckw…z9cs they’re just away and it is only now I realise I have my shirt on inside out. 😮🍪😄 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie However I did notice the #wisteria to the left of the gate is needing her summer prune - she is reaching into the space all round her! #gardening https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/909/669/571/384/153/original/8ee4cecd19674da2.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie View from the gate: a grey day but warm and not raining. Having #friends for #coffee this morning, a real treat. https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/909/658/951/247/292/original/2ef4a5e434ba61a0.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub12dt…krzh Warm and damp - good year for the rowans and the willow. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Red her cheeks as rowans are, Bright her eye as any star.., https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/904/111/687/746/496/original/2853917f7dc18513.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1hpc…hjn3 😂😇 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Pears: having a conference about ripening. 🙂 https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/904/089/119/447/675/original/c3e6afbd88e8da21.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1s4q…8xtm Thanks the guys at Willis and Graham are going to look it up for me. It’s an easy repair- but I need the part. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie While a big fan of rewilding: letting grass grow. A tool I use a lot is the Husquvarner brushcutter - it makes organic field management possible (and yes, before you ask we have a scythe & use it regularly but the brush cutter does thistles/path-clearing much more efficiently than the scythe). Today’s problem is that the little plastic connector that catches the pull-back on the starter cable has broken. Can’t find one online anywhere😡. Have emailed suppliers. #Mend #Fix #Smallholding #organic https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/890/146/525/845/170/original/a8237b7fb85d037e.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1uem…wssk and the Pope? npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ezx…74mr It’s actually not difficult to fix packaging there’s just not the political will. This is what we need. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z in our house we call these little revelations a ‘new and fresh’! Keeps life entertaining at least. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z This us interesting if you would like more. https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/trees-plants-animals/plants/blaeberry/ npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z Yes and no. The Blaeberry as a wild plant is a native to Scotland’s moors. This is a garden plant bred from USA strains so not the native Scots blaeberry but still flourishing in our climate. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1afh…4l67 The issues with road side trees are winter salt and glyphosate… not so easy as a garden tree. Good luck with the stone! Let us know if it germinates could take 18 months or more. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1afh…4l67 If you have taken plum trees out look for layerings and suckers coming up from the base. They do grow from the roots very easily. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub194t…d8az Look after yourself in all of this. Been there and it was really tough, so go easy on yourself and I hope you get something soon. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1afh…4l67 If It germinates there’s no reason it wouldn’t fruit. Just be aware of potential final tree size. Our old apple trees are enormous and picking is a challenge. This is the real benefit of a dwarfing rootstock. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1gk7…4js6 Does what it says on the tin! We’re in North Fife and have been working a #permaculture smallholding here since 2016. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Dog walk two views from the same point in the path. We need sunscreen going forward and raincoats for going back! #Scotland #dogs #photography #weather https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/876/412/150/266/620/original/d754d439bdbd10ca.jpeg https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/876/412/294/281/999/original/df0b95fc0265ce3c.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1xm2…pejw no sheep but we have the rain… https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/875/894/223/811/472/original/77ad956261360f88.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Blaeberries in the rain and nettles. Going to have to come back with gloves and clear up round this bush. #Work #Smallholding #Fruit https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/875/884/255/763/775/original/24180faedfbf0ce7.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie View from the gate: rain approaching. We are to have #thunderstorms tomorrow. #BattenDownTheHatches https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/872/245/636/584/775/original/65cfc09f3d6d0e17.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1gdt…fd90 Here too, but we ‘hide a courgette in the neighbours porch!’ 😆 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1gdt…fd90 Here too, but we ‘hide a courgette in the neighbours porch!’ 😆 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub17sf…q4k2 Well I would rather be this way than have ‘Justice Insensitivity’! #ADHD npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie View from the gate: a soft grey day today. #scotland #Fife https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/864/347/988/570/307/original/865bee4af69231fc.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ckw…z9cs Oh that sounds a fun project. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1s4q…8xtm They took the car to Dundee and we went up and got it to Kwik Fit this morning. Picking it up at lunchtime. So basically 24hrs from puncture to return home with fixed car. 🥺 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Home! Pet eye contact in picture #dog #dogsofmastodon #HappyDog https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/844/599/861/612/992/original/8f2c26c18d7cc6b1.png npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Roadside update! Still broken down: a few more clouds though… https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/843/858/939/886/903/original/f0a95d367841ce29.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie A field of oats. #SilentSunday https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/843/853/944/663/715/original/fe63e2c8ab74b7a6.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z I seem to be pissing off a small bird in the hawthorn to my left but otherwise in harmony with nature! npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z Ah in which case I am just past Melville Mount on the back road to STA. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z I am in North East Fife, half an hour’s walk to St Andrews. If you look very carefully you might just see the Firth of Tay like a tiny blue ribbon in the photo between the fields and the sky. Easier perhaps with the human eye… https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/843/688/476/808/076/original/8c1465138b03f67d.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ckw…z9cs @npub1s4q…8xtm It’s a very pretty stretch of road just with a lot of huge potholes! 😍 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z Never been to Ontario and Fife is OK when not suck in a broken down vehicle of a Sunday afternoon. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1s4q…8xtm Yeah I think it is standard in EV npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1sk5…qf7z That’s the stuff. Focus on the wee plusses! It is lovely, and very quiet. My OH is due to relieve me at 18:30 and take a turn waiting! npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1s4q…8xtm @Seafoot Hit something on the road have puncture and buckled hub cap. The current RAC estimate is 19:22-21:22 which is an oddly-precise two hour window. But we’re only a half hour walk from our son’s house (our destination 🙄) so doing the sit in the car in relays. The Nissan Leaf doesn’t have a spare tyre (to save battery) so nothing else to do but wait. 👍 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1n3m…sg3v A good day’s work! npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ngu…yde5 current RAC estimate is 19:22-21:22 which is an oddly-precise two hour window. But we’re only a half hour walk from our son’s house (our destination 🙄) so doing the sit in the car in relays. Hit something on the road have puncture and buckled hub cap. The Nissan Leaf doesn’t have a spare tyre (to save battery) so nothing else to do but wait. 👍 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Broken down! Nice day for it! #scotland #Fife https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/843/483/793/684/657/original/e88abc6be43abb62.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1av4…94ku Definitely, only sorry it hasn’t been games tested! 🤣 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1av4…94ku It looks like this, and I don’t do any games so I’m not sure what the difference would be. I write and edit. I do have a very fluffy cat - and that hasn’t been an issue! https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/826/078/393/652/039/original/dd8b89c58821554f.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1av4…94ku I use a mouse with a rollerball - it is definitely less straining than a regular one. Mine is over 10 years old and going strong - so a good investment. npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie View from the gate: clearing skies for once. #ThursdayVibes https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/824/663/834/619/535/original/a6dd16e6e20417ff.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Tomato update! Faint hint of orange! It’s coming along. @npub1pur…z24k #gardening https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/819/122/516/802/426/original/068735fd29670b96.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ymq…myzr @npub1h54…qewl Thanks for thé good work - when it’s political figures I think a bit of ‘name and shame’ is in order! Assuming they opt in to these? npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie One thing that is quite annoying is the number of political accounts on here that just automatically re-toot stuff on Twitter. @npub19f8…zydw @npub1jrk…v22f etc… it’s lazy, and bad for them, and for us, as it looks like they are here but they are not. Time to drop them I think - either migrate and join the conversation or put in your lot with the dark side! https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/813/332/365/309/336/original/fff49caf060e0af2.jpeg npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie The richer 50% of the world population causes more than 95% of climate change damage. This includes everyone who has a net worth including home & possessions of $4210 or £3250 = more than 90% of UK population. We hear the word ‘rich’ and we need to think ‘us’. We are the richest 10%. And these are the mean averages - by comparison the median house price in the UK is over £300,000 and people with property above that value also have investments, pensions, second homes etc. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/totalwealthingreatbritain/april2018tomarch2020#total-wealth-in-great-britain-data npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie Though it sounds a ‘distant’ statistic the richest 10% of the world population which causes more than 90% of climate change includes more than half of the UK (average net worth per person is £172,000). Whereas to be in ‘top ten’ in the world only takes a net worth of $93,170 or more, more than 70% of UK population. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/11/07/how-much-money-you-need-to-be-in-the-richest-10-percent-worldwide.html npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ckw…z9cs a lot of the ‘eco-holiday’ options are more expensive by far than the package deal. Could we turn that around? npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1ckw…z9cs Well yes and no. If we just use price rises to push people then that’s unlikely to reduce CO2 emissions very much just stress people’s pockets. What about price incentives for low CO2 emission holidays? Lower prices for hotels with a vegetarian menu or no pool? Maybe cheap holiday express buses and trains? A grant for everyone who takes a holiday within land-travel distance of their home? npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie 3/3 We can’t expect our holidays to go back to *normal* because the normal holidays we created in the 1970s & 1980s are unsustainable. Everything from coal burned to make the Chinese steel in the hotel construction to the swimming pool maintenance to food waste in hotel kitchens to the CO2 emitted in the food production - it is all unsustainable. It was all done & paid for by ‘us’ so we could have a fortnight in the sun - which we believe we have ‘earned’ but at what cost? #ClimateCrisis 3/3 npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie 2/3 Like my diet improvement, we need to think about how the CO2 is made and where it comes from. We need to stop and think before we rebuild the places that have burned. We can’t have our target getting 1000s of tourists back on a plane to the Greek Islands next year. Our target needs to be reducing CO2 drastically now and *never* getting back on a plane or next year more will burn. We need to reduce construction with steel and concrete not just rebuilding as was. 2/3 #NoFlightPledge npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie A thought about the #ClimateCrisis & human motivation. I am trying at the moment to improve my diet, not for weight loss nor for a wedding or a holiday but because I want to eat more healthily for my whole life. This is really hard & I need to work at it! I love my bad food choices. The whole planet 🌎 needs to go on a low CO2 diet, not for a year but forever. We all need to make low carbon choices & we need to legislate for lower CO2 emissions, & we need to campaign for it. 1/3 #ClimateDiary npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie @npub1xfd…t3yh Time to rejoin Europe but also give up #Flying #NoFlightPledge #ClimateCrisis #PlanetHeatstroke npub1unp04g9gfd2k9d78jghsl2mlyymk6r967kt8qmsk7ll2zph43jys34qz7h Janet Foggie View from the gate: sunny and fresh today. https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/745/106/413/930/461/original/6eea024e064a6664.jpeg