You’ve likely heard of chaos theory, when people say that if a butterfly flaps its wings in one area of the world, it can cause a hurricane elsewhere, due to our complicated ecosystem. In fact it’s not true.
The theory was devised by a mathematician who innocently simply used the butterfly is an example of how ‘small changes’ make a difference worldwide, rather than having new political leaders etc. We all know the way to change the world is from millions of people doing tiny things. Zero waste chef Anne-Marie Bonneau famously said ‘We don’t need a few people doing zero waste perfectly – we need billions of people doing it imperfectly’.
Another myth not true in the garden is that bumblebees ‘break the laws of physics’ by flying, as their bodies are too heavy for their wings. In fact, they simply fly in a different way to an aeroplane, one expert suggesting it’s more ‘creating mini hurricanes’ where they flap their wings so many times, it causes them to take off.
