It seems that Prince Charles is more than just a royalty. During his acceptance speech for an honorary degree given by London Business School, he proved that he is also a green celebrity.
The Prince of Wales spent a big part of his speech discussing about the undeniable issue of climate change. He asked private sectors to take seriously the issue of environmental degradation which according to him is “far more dramatic, and far harder to recover from, than anything we have experienced over the past few years”.
The newly-made father-in-law of Kate Middleton also called on business leaders to get their successors ready to fight the threats of climate change. And for all of its negative effects that everybody can now feel and experience, they really should.
Since the 1980’s, Prince Charles has already been interested with environmental issues and has been promoting his eco-friendly ideas. He later focused on organic farming and even launched his own organic brand of products called Duchy Originals.
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While HRH Prince of Wales might have blue blood, he showed last night that there was more than a hint of green there too. The Prince threw down the gauntlet to the private sector to take up its obligations in the battle against climate change and environmental degradation.
The Prince, on Monday, was conferred an honorary degree by London Business School, and he spent much of his acceptance speech pleading with the private sector to take seriously the consequences of climate change and the “threat of increasing and accumulating environmental collapse”.
The Prince stopped short of offering policy proposals but instead chose to lean on business leaders to mitigate against the risk of an environmental crash, “which will be far more dramatic, and far harder to recover from, than anything we have experienced over the past few years”.
He called on current business leaders to equip their successors with the knowledge, skills and outlook to deal with the outcomes of climate change. He also questioned the validity of using GDP as a measure of success as it does not reflect the damage that is being done to the planet.
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Climate change is probably today’s biggest environmental threat. And its good to know that celebrities like the Prince of Whales acknowledge and do something about it.
However, what green celebrities do are still not enough. It takes more than their efforts to counter the effects of the environmental crash.
Basically, the planet needs everybody’s help. And you can do your part of making the earth more sustainable in so many ways. Simple green steps as using green cleaning products, recycling, reusing and conserving water and electricity are just some of the eco-friendly things you can implement.
