I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us. |
Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left. |
Sooner or later we've got to tie the saving of the natural world to our own public welfare. |
The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it. |
The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care. |
Haiti looks like a bomb hit it. |
That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople. |
There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented. |
Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans. |
Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue. |
The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life. Topics: Life |
I have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School. |
I'm a little different from all those conservation types. |
I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do. |
I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings. |
Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion. |