Roc Sandford lives alone on Gometra, his own island. He tells of his fears for his family, and the future of all children
In the past year, Roc Sandford has left the tiny Scottish island which is his off-grid home only once, to get a Covid vaccination. The rest of the time he has been alone with the birds, sheep and open skies.
His days are busy but evenings can be lonely; cooking for one is “very sad”, he says. At the moment, he is enjoying some wine sent by a friend, eking out the six bottles by sipping from a thimble-sized glass. Despite his commitment to a close-to-zero carbon footprint, he misses socialising with friends and family. “I work very hard and very productively in this beautiful, beautiful natural environment, without the compromises one has to make elsewhere. But I can’t go to the pub.”
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/02/orchestrating-climate-protest-roc-sandford-shed-in-the-hebrides
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