If there is any silver lining to the global pandemic situation we are now coping with, it might be that we have been handed a perfect opportunity to reimagine the way we do things, and make drastic and permanent cuts to carbon emissions and pollution around the world.

With everyone considering new ways to work without having to travel, we could take this brief pause in activity to redesign business as usual to have a significantly smaller impact on the earth’s limited resources. Let’s do it, and help ease our kids’ anxiety about the future on our planet.

I can imagine using technology that is so up to date that meetings and conferences regularly occur where attendees in different locations feel like they are in the same room together. Think of how much fuel, and time, and birdlife could be saved if we find better and more sustainable ways to get together.