LEt me start by saying that I am very eco-conscious, and have been so since I was a little boy. I love mother nature because I grew up in a tiny village where birds, trees, rivers were part of my everyday life. So, one can easily imagine that in Florida I feel trapped in all those huge buildings.
However, the reality in tthe Third World is very different from here, when it comes to clearly advocating for the protection of the environment. Let's take for instance deforestation. It is obvious that it causes great dangers for all of us, and threatens our habitat, and consequently ourselves oer time.
Seen through this lens, it is very nice to tell a haitian little farmer not to cut down trees to produce coal, since it is not in our interest as a collectivity to do so. But the thing is, if this little farmer doesn't cut this tree today, he won't be able to feed his family. Which comes first, the survival of his family today, or the future of the world? The answer is obvious.
If the western world really wants to save the world, fight global warming, it must have a comprehensive plan in which the fight against poverty must be included.
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