Pete Stollery: tipping point [download]

Written for Roger Williams and the first performance took place on 22 October 2021 in St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, as part of sound festival.

It is 5.23pm on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. I am sitting in my garden in rural Aberdeenshire and the temperature is 23 degrees C. I am basking in weather which is more like what you would find in the south of France at this time of year.

Over the years, I have been moving from thinking as this as a welcomed rare event towards the realisation that these events are becoming more and more frequent. This worries me.

At what point do I realise I need to significantly change my behaviour to try to contribute to the slowing down of climate change? At what point do I begin to take all of this more seriously?

What is my tipping point?