David Attenborough’s newest documentary film, “A Life on Our Planet”, has 2 parts:
- The inevitable destruction of life on Earth if we continue our current path.
- A positive view for how to reverse what is happening and let the Earth heal.
In his second part, he suggests 6 actions to begin Earth’s recovery.
- Slow population growth by raising global standard of living.
- Move from fossil fuels to renewables: solar, wind, hydro, geothermal.
- Restore the ocean by creating ‘No Fishing Zones’ on a global basis.
- Restore much of our land by reducing meat eating.
- Optimize agriculture by moving from horizontal to vertical farming.
- Netherlands has done this and is world’s second largest food exporter.
- Reforest everywhere that we can.
His ideas can be summed up by stating: “By partnering with Nature to restore our Earth, we unleash a very powerful tool.”
If you have not seen the movie, you should. It is on Netflix.
I am hoping that our new administration will give us what we need to achieve Gainsborough’s goals.
Fortunately , renewable energy is a bargain.
Bill
Hi Bill,
I assume you mean Attenborough’s goals, and I fully agree with your observation. Hopefully, our country gets moving on Climate Change issues.
Larry