Are people thinking outside the box on say, water? Desalination plants near the sea perhaps and piped inland to farmers? Shade for animals and even plants?
Something radical has to be considered as the weather is not going to go back to the way it was.
I will try and use locally sourced food and restart my veg box. I feel helpless watching the countryside burn.
Yes, people are thinking about it, and you’re right that we need to. In the press there’s already talk of planning reform to make it easier to build irrigation infrastructure and reservoirs, because the old assumptions about “normal” rainfall just don’t hold anymore.
But I also think we risk missing the unglamorous lever that sits right under our feet. Soil health is a huge factor in water resilience. Healthy, well-structured soil with good organic matter holds onto water far better than tired, overworked soil, and it absorbs heavy rain more effectively too, instead of letting it run off. So alongside big engineering solutions, moving to farming methods that prioritise soil health is key.
And I really hear you on feeling helpless. Restarting your veg box and buying locally where you can isn’t nothing. It’s a practical way of backing the farms trying to adapt, and it keeps you connected to the people and places that are carrying the risk as the weather shifts.
Are people thinking outside the box on say, water? Desalination plants near the sea perhaps and piped inland to farmers? Shade for animals and even plants?
Something radical has to be considered as the weather is not going to go back to the way it was.
I will try and use locally sourced food and restart my veg box. I feel helpless watching the countryside burn.
Yes, people are thinking about it, and you’re right that we need to. In the press there’s already talk of planning reform to make it easier to build irrigation infrastructure and reservoirs, because the old assumptions about “normal” rainfall just don’t hold anymore.
But I also think we risk missing the unglamorous lever that sits right under our feet. Soil health is a huge factor in water resilience. Healthy, well-structured soil with good organic matter holds onto water far better than tired, overworked soil, and it absorbs heavy rain more effectively too, instead of letting it run off. So alongside big engineering solutions, moving to farming methods that prioritise soil health is key.
And I really hear you on feeling helpless. Restarting your veg box and buying locally where you can isn’t nothing. It’s a practical way of backing the farms trying to adapt, and it keeps you connected to the people and places that are carrying the risk as the weather shifts.