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Although I have seen all of the negative aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic (the job losses, increase in domestic violence and of course the deaths of so many) it does seem to me that this could be a time for the world (and the Earth) to reset.
The first positive news which I heard in relation to coronavirus was how clear the Venice canals had become after Italy’s lockdown where numerous boats were no longer polluting the waterway. I was amazed at how quickly the environment had returned to a former state with organisms arriving in vast numbers (including a giant influx of jellyfish).
And it wasn’t just Venice which was receiving unexpected animal visitors. My Instagram was soon flooded with images of goats, monkeys, deer, foxes, buffalo and wild boar roaming streets all around the world from Wales to New Delhi. It seemed that nature was taking back the cities.
Then images of air pollution reduction started to emerge. The Himalayas were seen from India for the first time in decades and satellite imagery showed the vast reduction in pollution around Europe and China.
Finally, the Earth was given a brief moment to breath and I saw what our lives could look like if we seriously tackled pollution and climate change - a brief glimmer of hope for what could be our shared future.
The first positive news which I heard in relation to coronavirus was how clear the Venice canals had become after Italy’s lockdown where numerous boats were no longer polluting the waterway. I was amazed at how quickly the environment had returned to a former state with organisms arriving in vast numbers (including a giant influx of jellyfish).
And it wasn’t just Venice which was receiving unexpected animal visitors. My Instagram was soon flooded with images of goats, monkeys, deer, foxes, buffalo and wild boar roaming streets all around the world from Wales to New Delhi. It seemed that nature was taking back the cities.
Then images of air pollution reduction started to emerge. The Himalayas were seen from India for the first time in decades and satellite imagery showed the vast reduction in pollution around Europe and China.
Finally, the Earth was given a brief moment to breath and I saw what our lives could look like if we seriously tackled pollution and climate change - a brief glimmer of hope for what could be our shared future.