In a very unscientific statement, I feel that there's been a disconnect between this clever brain and the heart.

The cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests

I believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize!

....I understood why those who had lived through war or economic disasters, and who had built for themselves a good life and a high standard of living, were rightly proud to be able to provide for their children those things which they themselves had not had. And why their children, inevitably, took those things for granted. It meant that new values and new expectations had crept into our societies along with new standards of living. Hence the materialistic and often greedy and selfish lifestyle of so many young people in the Western world, especially in the United States.

Just remember--if you are really and truly determined to work with animals, somehow, either now or later, you will find a way to do it. But you have to want it desperately, work hard, take advantage of an opportunity--and never give up.

The awful thing is we don't respect each other.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother