Friday, January 26, 2007

De ecoaventura

Y este señorito quien será? su nombre es David de Rothchild, un millonario inglés que les disputa a los príncipes de Inglaterra el puesto del soltero mas codiciado, y además es un activista ecológico. Lo último señalado es por lo que me llama la atención, no vaya a pensar usted que sea por algún atractivo físico que tenga, además lo encotré en la revista National Geographic.

Have you heard about David de Rothchild? he is member of the english nobility, I found his photo in the National Geographic magazine, not in "People or Hello". But what it dragged me was not his looks, but that he is an activist: Environmental crusader & adventurer, "que taaaaaaal"!

I found it interesting, he is exactly a modern version of his 18th and 19th centuries english-gentleman-ancestors, looking for geographic adventures around the globe, interested by nature and using his money to try understand the earth processes. He travels to the north pole or talks about global warming.

I say his web site is cool, he tries to "inspire environmental awarness among children", I don't see anything wrong being rich and green at the same time, but I wonder if this ecological adventure of his is the way to show up his brilliant feathers or really a profound commitment for a better place.

It is not uncommon to see famous people or powerful ones trying to aware others about the environment or social issues, see Bono as example. The message is all that we need to do is a common effort.

I wish organic products and those that use new technology were less expensive and every body could have acces to them, not just Julia Roberts and George Clooney. I will put an every day example of this, it is supposed Starbucks brings fair trade coffee and supports post recycled material and every body feels fine when buying from a social responsible company, but their coffe is superior expensive that a local coffee shop! Coffee after oil is the next trade product in the world! so... who is winning here.

Any way, support social responsibility and environmental awarness, but see from whom you consume.

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