Walking with dragonflies
Dragonflies have been around for 300 million years, making them one of the oldest winged insects in the world. Their size has decreased over the centuries, apparently with the decrease of oxygen in the atmosphere. They need chemical free water to breed and decent air quality to survive. So get happy if you see dragonflies around you – it’s a fair indication that the air you are breathing is good. The UN is observing the first World Clean Air Day today, looking at that more than 7 million lives are lost per year, due to toxic air. As Antonio Guterres makes heart-felt appeals to governments and industries to clean up their act before we all die, what should you and I do? It is frustrating to wait for coal to be phased out and manufacturing units to reduce carbon intensive production, while poison steadily seeps into us [aargh…the vivid imagery of it]. My friend who uses only Metro, just bought an EV for those non-metro-able rare trips. My father-in-law installed solar. Wh...