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(A)Forget planes, trains or automobiles — if Joan Pick wants to go anywhere, she runs. And she eats nothing but raw food. Is her lifestyle extreme or the future we must all face up to? W e all know we should reduce our carbon footprint, but I don’ t think that many people would be prepared to go as far as Joan Pick. She hasn’ t driven a car since 1973. Her gas supply was cut off, and her electricity usage is minimal. She eats only raw food and the only items she ever buys are new trainers—because she gets around by running everywhere. Pick,a scientist for many years,is 67 and claims her lifestyle keeps her healthy.
Much as I admire Pick’ s low impact on this frazzled earth, is her lifestyle all a bit extreme? She shrugs her shoulders. “Does it look like a hovel?“ she says, looking at her flat. It doesn.t; it is neat and tidy, and the furniture is classic 1960s that she has had for 40 years. She listens to Classic F M and Radio 4 on an old secondhand stereo system. The only electricity she uses is a single light (low-energy bulbs, of course) for the evenings, and her kettle, which not only makes the tea she drinks all clay, but provides the hot water for laundry — which she does by hand 一 and bucket baths.
Pick doesn.t have heating. Doesn.t she get cold? “Sometimes,”she says. How does she keep warm?“Clothing and exercise,”she replies.
She decided to start living like thi
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