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Aug 1, 2008 11:19am
Cousteau and Attenborough were my childhood heros. I watched and followed them religiously. In fact, when Cousteau died, I reacted like any child when their super hero dies, he simply can’t. He is suppose to live forever. I experienced the “super-hero-is-in-fact-human” denial.
This morning in the UK newspaper Independent, a recent survey has David extremely worried and wonder how children will know how to take care of Nature since they are so disconnected.
“The wild world is becoming so remote to children that they miss out, and an interest in the natural world doesn’t grow as it should. Nobody is going protect the natural world unless they understand it.”

Cousteau and Attenborough were my childhood heros. I watched and followed them religiously. In fact, when Cousteau died, I reacted like any child when their super hero dies, he simply can’t. He is suppose to live forever. I experienced the “super-hero-is-in-fact-human” denial.

This morning in the UK newspaper Independent, a recent survey has David extremely worried and wonder how children will know how to take care of Nature since they are so disconnected.

“The wild world is becoming so remote to children that they miss out, and an interest in the natural world doesn’t grow as it should. Nobody is going protect the natural world unless they understand it.”
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