Some days seem so busy I feel I fail to engage with anything wild. Today was such a day which took me – late afternoon – to Guildford Cathedral for a Christian Climate Action vigil, praying that both cathedral and diocese would pursue the path of financial integrity and switch to an ethical bank aligned with the principles of social justice and care for the environment.
As we prayed I saw a couple of tiny red creatures scurrying back and forth on the steps – money spiders! Or at least that’s what we called them as children: they were good luck creatures. Checking on the web, they are a red velvet mite or Trombidiidae, and having eight legs (but no feelers – instead they use their front pair of legs) are classified as arachnids. However it is another group of spiders – Linyphiidae – that are noted as being called money spiders.
Either way, who we bank with can have a big impact on whether or not we are promoting care of the wild aspects of the environment.
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