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My name is David de Rothschild and what I try and do is give nature a voice
through storytelling. If you can take somebody on an adventure it's a much deeper resonance
with the issues. I think of "Eco Warrior" as people who are committed to action.
Have you ever heard anybody, for example, say: "Oh, you know, now that
that area has been destroyed and the trees are cut and the reef is no longer good and
the fish are all gone and the water's polluted, I'd love to go back there on vacation." You'll
never hear that. So what that means is that recreation and conservation are twin sides
of a coin that benefit each other.
There are some environmentalists, they want to punish people. They want to tell
people you can't fly, or you can't drive your car, you know, but realistically what
we've got to do is use our brain power to overcome these problems, and I think we can.