Just had a great belated 60th birthday party on Alonnisos. Wonderful. (I hardly feel guilty about the air miles).
On reflection I am struck by a number of contradictions in the Greeks' attitude to the environment. Solar hot water is almost universal. As are CFLs. But the houses I'm sure could be bettter constructed for heat retention in the winter (especially) and minimising solar gain in the summer. And the rubbish (which is a darn sight better than in a lot of Greek islands) is still scattered around. This is notwithstanding the fact that Alonnisos is in a marine conservation park.
I guess we're all alike. As I said at the top - I contributed a lot of CO2 by flying there!
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