Harrison Ford Is a Secret Conservation Hero

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Just found this on www.imdb.com:


Harrison Ford Is a Secret Conservation Hero

Harrison Ford has been revealed as the mastermind behind a quiet 15-year campaign to turn huge areas of the world into national parks. Ford has been working with big business bigwigs such as the bosses of British Petroleum (BP), Starbucks and Bank of America as part of the Conservation International initiative. And after a string of major successes, which has seen the charity either purchase or corral 1.4 per cent of terrestrial earth for nature conservation areas, Ford is now stepping forward to try and create a "nature corridor" from the Arctic, through America, to the equator. Conservation International hope this corridor will allow disappearing creatures to migrate and breed safely. Ford admits world leaders and international business hotshots are initially bemused when the CI leaders approach them with their conservation ideas, but the charity has had massive successes. He says, "This is a war without an evil enemy. We're strategic and pragmatic and we're assessing the problem. We have had some success and our ideas are things that are being suggested and bought into." Conservation International currently has secured 123 million acres for protection - and in the process the charity has discovered two new species of ape in South America, where they have created four national parks each the size of California.

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Wow, is that for real? And I thought he was just an old guy hitting on Clista Flockheart. :eek: Good for him.
 
Nightline

I caught the tail end of a Nightline broadcast dealing with Ford's work ... I hadn't known specifically what they were discussing because I missed the first 3/4 of the program.

There arose the question of "Who elected them (Ford and others) to do this?" I happened to be discussing that with a friend last night (based only on the nugget of information obtained from Nightline.

I found that an interesting question, and one that belongs, I suppose, in a different forum, but for the record I think we, the people did with our dollars. To abuse an Andy Rooney quote (about "grunge" musicians), I have no qualms with a well-thought attempt by celebrities to give back to the world "from which they have taken so, so much."

Beyond that, though, much reading to do as the information becomes available.

At present, though, I can only wish Mr Ford and his accomplices the best in their endeavors.

thanx,
Tiassa :cool:
 
Of course, the cynic in me says Starbucks and Bank of America, and other involved parties, are clearly getting the public to buy massive chunks of real estate for them, which can be held over for the future.
 
Harrison Ford smokes pot :D according to Bill Mahar, so does Ted Turner and Robin Williams (who would have though)..haha
 
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