{"id":1728,"date":"2017-08-25T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:10:42","slug":"david-attenborough-i-feel-better-than-ever-about-life-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1728","title":{"rendered":"David Attenborough: &#8220;I feel better than ever about life on Earth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09bc6bf5970d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David attenborough\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09bc6bf5970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09bc6bf5970d-200wi\" style=\"width: 200px;\" title=\"David attenborough\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This from the Telegraph (UK) which doesn&#39;t require registration &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2017\/08\/24\/sir-david-attenborough-optimistic-ever-aboutthe-future-planet\/\">In a special event at the Edinburgh International Television Festival to mark 60 years of the Natural History Unit at BBC Studios, Sir David, 91, said: &quot;I spend a lot of time wringing my hands and saying how dreadful it is, and how this forest has been obliterated, and that sea has been polluted and whatever.&quot; But he went on: &quot;I am encouraged more than I have been, somehow.&quot;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And from the Time of London. you may have to register to read the whole article but it&#39;s free &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/david-attenborough-i-feel-better-than-ever-about-life-on-earth-wkmwlq5c8\">Now Sir David Attenborough, 91, has suggested that he is more optimistic than ever about the future of the planet. The naturalist said that he had detected a \u201cworldwide shift\u201d in attitudes to conservation, with politicians and voters in previously sceptical nations appreciating the need to act. \u201cI am encouraged more than I have been for some time,\u201d he told the Edinburgh International Television Festival yesterday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This from the Telegraph (UK) which doesn&#39;t require registration &#8211; In a special event at the Edinburgh International Television Festival to mark 60 years of the Natural History Unit at BBC Studios, Sir David, 91, said: &quot;I spend a lot of time wringing my hands and saying how dreadful it is, and how this forest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6225,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions\/6225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}