The best speech ever?

You know i was going to write a piece on the palm oil industry and the destruction of the Indonesian Rainforests as it has been in the written press a number of times in the past few weeks. It is an issue that really is close to my heart, one that defines to me everything that is wrong with our relationship with our planet.

However, i was then sent this speech in an email and i thought i had to share it with the world, a superb speech, one that could be a starting point for defining a generation. A piece of literature that all conservationists should read if they are to stay positive and on track in these uncertain times.

Here is the link:
http://www.up.edu/commencement/default.aspx?cid=9456&pid=3144

Brilliant stuff...

A Promise

You know i have been wandering what to do for my first real blog post for a while now, there are many endless lines of conversation ranging from the extinction of species to how our society is suffering from 'Nature deficit disorder'. Do i talk about the con that is bottled water? the environmental catastrophe that is palm oil and the Orangutan? Plastic waste and is legacy? The chemicals in cosmetics? Global warming and the changing climate?
The trouble is i really do not want to be tooo negative, as if you are reading this blog you might just switch off, i mean everywhere we look there is doom and gloom about the future of the planet. However, most of this doom and gloom is justified, it is just a bit too much sometimes, especially when the scientific evidence and message gets lost in the media.

So we will start with a promise, a promise from me to you. I make a promise to you the reader of my blog that firstly i will be honest and bring to the forefront the main conservation issues of today, issues that effect how we live our lives, and how we will live our lives in the future. Secondly is that i will give you the positive and the negative, which will also do me alot of good as i must admit i do get dragged down sometimes by the destruction of this beautiful planet.

Nature as a way of life...

Hello!

Hello all,
This blogging thing is new to me so bare with me as i get used to it.

I am wildlife conservationist just starting in his career so expect many blogs on environmental issues and conservation.
I am not here to tell you what to do, i am just here to say how i see it, which i hope is just the truth. Everyone has their opinion but as i develop and further my career i will hopefully keep this blog up to date, consider it more of a Journal of a Conservationist.
Nature is a way of life for me :-)
I also love doing sport, reading and just enjoying the great outdoors.

Stephen