‘And then an idea came. It arose suddenly and naturally from our Business Meeting.’

Climate change can make us feel helpless. But at Finchley Meeting, says Tony D’Souza, they tackle the problem one step at a time

Friends at Finchley. | Photo: Courtesy of Tony D’Souza.

It was the overwhelming feeling of helplessness that started it all. The baking hot summer, glaciers melted to bare rock in Iceland, and wildfires bigger than Belgium in Siberia and in the Amazon. Global warming. We felt so completely helpless. What could we do? The unfolding disaster seemed too huge, too apocalyptic, even to imagine, never mind do anything about.

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