Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Finally home!


Hi everyone,

I am finally back in Canada. As much as I love travelling, I am very happy to be home with my family. This trip was amazing! I learned a lot of things I never knew before, and met people from all around the world with great ideas and stories to share about their country's success and efforts towards a better environment.

Since I've been home, I've had many people ask my thoughts on the fact that thousands of delegates flew from around the world, increasing their carbon footprints, just to meet with others like them to collectively agree on an action plan for combating global warming. My response has been simply that in order to come up with an agreement, world leaders and experts require a face to face meeting. After spending over a week at the Bella Centre, going to meetings and trying to get as much information as possible, I realized that this agreement would never be met over teleconferencing. The fact that these delegates care enough to take time out of their busy schedules to fly across the world for the cause should be admired, not criticized.

Just so you know, I will be presenting at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in January (email me for dates if interested). There will be other presentations to come that have yet to be confirmed. I am also making a transportation documentary, with a theme something along the lines of "Canada vs. Europe; what we SHOULD be doing". I will post this once it is finished.

Thank you all for your interest, and a special thanks to those who donated, encouraged, and helped out!

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