ETA: just my opinion
I know this will be unpopular [ahem] and it is possible I do not fully understand his Earthshot program, I have an issue with William, future King, coming to our land simply to
hand out awards. Is that what passes for conservation these days? Fly to a foreign land and hand out awards? Stop traffic in one of our busier cities? Couldn’t he use the zoom program from the UK?
With Hazz&William, sometimes I get the feeling they do what they do just to hear the applause, to get the ego-rush, similar to their mother. Sure sure, I know I know, she really cared. Are the smaller crowds in the UK not enough for them? They are not rock stars, they are not elite athletes, they are not intellectuals, they are men of the most extreme privilege with very little talent who often they look awkward on those stages. Sure, they have access to billions, so why can’t spend their own money on conservation, innovation, etc.? Maybe if we saw them actually doing the work, not just posing for a photo or lecturing us, maybe then it would be easier to accept their ‘show’.
Does the BRF have its own original ideas or must they copy us? Hazzi took our wounded warrior program as his own.
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