Now, here you go…

This man and I were definitely born out of sync by about 50 years. I feel though, if there’s a 90+ year old in the world I could be serious best friends with—it’s Sir David Attenborough. He is an inspiration, an encouragement, a light in a world clouded over with looming pollution. He doesn’t have the answers for everything, and he’s humble enough to admit he’s been an unwitting part of the problem, but he does his best to think and wonder at possible solutions for the turmoil we have created in the last indulgent century. And he thinks big for the corporations and governments, and he thinks small and practical for the people like me who can only do wee bits to reverse climate damage. He manages—after all is said and done and we’re left weeping with remorse, repentant of our selfish treatment of this gift of earth with which we’ve been so blessed—he manages to create hope for the next generation. We can restore this planet, but we have to work together, we have to be committed.

All Sir David wants to do here is give a witness statement to what he’s seen in his almost century of a lifetime. But his testimony leaves us reeling with the realities and compelled to engage in change for the better, for the future.

I’ve read the book, watched the full length feature documentary and the mini series, and the only thing left is to meet this man. I wish. And I wish could introduce him to my 11 year old niece. They think a lot alike…

Now, here we go…