Passion is contagious, so spread it far and wide. There’s no shortage of environmental issues waiting to depress you. Insects, forests, animals, the ground, water, air, the atmosphere: whatever you can think of, it’s in trouble. As a test, just plug the name of something natural and amazing into your preferred search engine, add the word ‘threat’ and hit go. (This is how I learned that, without action, seahorses will likely become extinct in the next 30 years. Thanks Google!)
But the positive side of the doom and gloom is how many people care. There are web sites and scientific organisations; donor bases to fund campaigns and awareness raising; there are volunteers, pressure groups, scientists, writers, activists and more. And, generally, these people have become involved through doing something they…
