It's a bit easier for the elderly in some ways, as we were brought up to be extremely thrifty, and any waste was seen as 'wicked'. We were quite used to having no plastic in our world, and no plastic bags or wrapping. (Everything was sold loose from sacks in the grocer's, or wooden bunkers in the greengrocers', bread was sold 'bare' and meat was wrapped in newspaper!) We walked or biked everywhere. We all grew produce on allotments and/or the gardens, and kept hens. Nothing much came here from abroad. So we were accustomed to this eco-friendly existence. I suppose burning coal was a bad thing though.

I'm glad quite a few people on here think it's worth being globally aware in our own small, limited ways. 'Mony a mickle maks a muckle' and all that.