As the devastating impacts of our actions on the environment become more apparent - 50% loss of ocean life in the last 40 years (WWF 2015), icebergs the size of entire countries now breaking off and melting due to climate change (NS&IDC 2017), species going extinct on a daily basis (to name a few) - it is clear that society is in need of a radical new approach to helping the natural world if we, as a species, are to survive.
My professional background is in environmental management, where I spent 11 years in the corporate world working as an environmental manager. Most of my experience is in mining, where I learnt very early in the piece that there are a lot of people in the workforce who do not really care about the welfare of the environment, let alone want to protect it.
I have just finished doing a three day fast for the purpose of detoxing. It was a ‘water only’ fast, but I did cheat but having a few herbal teas and one coffee (I was driving a long distance and didn’t want to fall asleep. Funny thing was, I almost felt like I got a hangover from that coffee so I won’t be doing that again in a fast). I'm still pretty proud of my achievement though.
