Thread The Future

"If you don't believe in climate change, it doesn't change the fact that people are suffering greatly because of it. If you do believe in climate change, Stop focusing on what's wrong. There is a solution." - Steve Fitch The Eden Projects President and Founder, Steve Fitch, grew up in the Philippines and loved to explore nature. In 1997 he returned to his boyhood home and was shocked by the destruction that had taken place. The jungles had been cut down, the topsoil was eroding into the ocean as a result of the deforestation, and the coral reefs were being smothered from all the soil runoff. In 1998 Steve began working in Ethiopia and saw deforestation's tragic consequences on lands and lives there as well. Villagers shared how their crops were diminishing and their climate was changing. In the early 2000′s he received an invitation from Haile Mariam, (Southern People's Region President then, now President of Ethiopia), to take over a defunct reforestation nursery. Steve's answer was obviously "yes!" Fun