“Being sick with flu or endless colds is not good for individuals, for families, or for a productive workforce,” said Prof Susan Michie, the director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London.

“Having adopted these new behaviours, we could have been encouraged to say: ‘Actually, this is worth thinking about to protect you and others from numerous other illnesses’. There hasn’t been a sense of learning from the past – or from elsewhere.”

Already, health leaders are urging a return to mask-wearing with the number of people testing positive for Covid in England rising. According to data from the Office for National Statistics, the number of people testing positive for Covid rose by 29% between the weeks ending 17 September and 24 September. All UK hospitals are under significant pressure and a new Covid surge is “a very heavy straw on the camel’s back”, the leaders said.

Politicians were warned about the risks of reverting to business as usual once Covid restrictions were lifted. In its final report, the government’s Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviour (SPI-B) – of which Michie and Reicher were members – outlined strategies for embedding “Covid-safe” behaviours into people’s everyday routines.

Having commissioned the report, the government did “absolutely nothing with it”, Michie said.

Source: Hand-washing and mask-wearing: Covid rules we would be wise to keep | Health | The Guardian

…If you live in many of the high-emitting nations of the global north, the idea of a “changing climate” could well be interpreted as the very opposite of scary and dangerous. A changing world. A warming planet. What’s not to like?

Perhaps that is partly why so many people still think of climate change as a slow, linear and even rather harmless process. But the climate is not just changing. It is destabilising. It is breaking down. The delicately balanced natural patterns and cycles that are a vital part of the systems that sustain life on Earth are being disrupted, and the consequences could be catastrophic. Because there are negative tipping points, points of no return. And we do not know exactly when we might cross them. What we do know, however, is that they are getting awfully close, even the really big ones. Transformation often starts slowly, but then it begins to accelerate…

Source: Greta Thunberg on the climate delusion: ‘We’ve been greenwashed out of our senses. It’s time to stand our ground’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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Bus stop shelters typically need to be replaced after 20 years. In Great Britain, new ones include a green roof for butterflies and bees.

Bus stops for butterflies