Heroes Not Zombies

I thought I’d share a couple of innovations with you today. These are just two which caught my eye recently.

On the left is a dispensing machine with a difference. Everything on sale here is an organic vegetable. You can choose a basket of selected veg to make ratatouille or soup or you can just choose some potatoes or other vegetables.

I’ve never seen anything like this selling organic veg and the amazing thing is it was in a motorway service station just south of Saint Malo.

Surprising, huh? I’ve no idea how long it’s been there or if it is successful but it certainly caught my eye.

The one on the right is outdoor tables and seating set up for a festival down by the Charente in Cognac. The stools have been made from old gas cylinders. Looking pretty attractive and what a good use of old cylinders.

Ok, neither of these are a big deal, but they are examples of what gives me hope. We humans are a very creative species and we use that creativity to adapt to changing circumstances. There’s no doubt that in the light of climate change and the pandemic that we need to adapt and maybe this kind of innovation is just a signal that we are in the process of doing that. After all the big changes emerge from the interactions of all the individual ones, even small ones, don’t they?