Prince Charles and the Environment

[iceflower]

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales speaks during a Climate
Change Conference at the MET Office Headquarters on
September 11 2009, Exeter, England.


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[queenofthelight]

I would like to listen to Prince Charles' speech.

Iceflower, I like the photos.

Here a few photos from Belga Gallery:

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[Skydragon]

The Prince of Wales has enlisted 500 leading international companies to back calls for concerted action on climate change ahead of a major summit on the global warming crisis

Prince of Wales enlists 500 companies to help fight climate change - Telegraph

Shell, BP, the energy suppliers EON and EDF, Coca Cola, eBay, Starbucks and Virgin are among the household name companies which have been persuaded by the Prince to sign a communique calling on world leaders to commit to cutting emissions worldwide by at least 50 per cent by 2050.

It might be difficult to take coming from a man who owns Jaguars, Range Rovers and an Aston Martin, but the Prince of Wales’s foreword to the UK Green Building Council’s Building for the Future campaign is absolutely spot on. People should be encouraged to leave their cars at home, and it’s down to the planners and developers of our towns and cities to make it happen.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technol...ht-about-cars/

[Skydragon]

The countryside means different things to all of us. For some, it is a place of beauty and tranquillity - somewhere to go to escape the stresses and strains of urban life, to be closer to Nature and enjoy our wonderful landscapes. For many of us, it is a place to live and work. But whatever our relationship with rural Britain, we surely all agree that it is one of the greatest treasures of our nation.

HRH The Prince of Wales: 'The countryside is in crisis. The stakes could not be higher' - Telegraph

Writing in today’s Daily Telegraph, the Prince says isolated communities, which already struggle to make a living, face an “immense handicap” without the ability to promote their goods or download information through websites and email.

Prince Charles warns of a countryside left in 'broadband deserts' - Telegraph

A Swiss tycoon friend of the Prince of Wales has been forced to hire his own team of private investigators after raiders stole quad bikes and off-road vehicles used for Royal shooting parties.

Prince Charles' friend 'forced to conduct own theft investigation' - Telegraph

[susan alicia]

I liked this:

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In Britain we are rapidly losing what is left of our local culture. When we finally wake up and find it all gone, it will not be possible to reinvent it – or 'grow' it in a test tube. The countryside is a living, delicate organism that must be nurtured because agri-"culture" should be exactly that – a subtle blend of a production system with a profoundly important psychosocial component. The stakes could not be higher. Perhaps, at the end of the day, it is worth remembering the words of the great French writer, Antoine De St-Exupery: "Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart." ....

[Skydragon]

Addressing the IGD conference via video link, Prince Charles said: ‘We stand at a critical juncture in encouraging consumers to act on climate change.'
He highlighted the need to produce more goods in the UK and combat the ‘destructive' use of palm oil.


Prince Charles urges supermarkets to face sustainability issues - Marketing news - Marketing magazine

PATIENTS at a hospice have a garden bursting with colour and tranquility to sit and relax in thanks to the help of people and businesses in the community.
It has taken a number of years to complete as the George Thomas Hospice called upon people to help them transform their garden from a building site into an oasis

WalesOnline - News - Wales News - Oasis of calm with royal connections opens up at last

[Skydragon]

Plantlife, the conservation charity, said more than 500 rare wild plants are in danger of dying out in Britain including may lily, pasque flower and lady's slipper orchid. Plants like box, snake's head fritillary and corn cockle, that are cultivated in gardens, are now seldom found in the wild.
The latest flower to go extinct was the ghost orchid, a delicate white flower that has not been seen in the British countryside for more than 20 years.



Prince Charles calls for more protection for British wild flowers - Telegraph