The young child known as the "Plant Doctor" tended his secret garden while observing the day-to-day operations of a 19th century farm. Nature and nurture ultimately influenced George on his quest for education to becoming a renowned agricultural scientist, educator, and humanitarian.
"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me" ...George Washington Carver
The McCartney family launches short film ‘One Day a Week’
highlighting the environmental impact of animal agriculture and encourages
people to help by eating less meat, with appearances by Paul, Mary and Stella
McCartney, Woody Harrelson and Emma Stone.
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) next week,
Meat Free Monday has released a short film about a huge contributor to climate
change that is often left out of conference discussions – animal agriculture.
“There’s a simple but significant way to help protect the
planet and all its inhabitants”, says Paul to camera. “And it starts with just
one day a week. One day without eating animal products can have a huge impact
in helping maintain that delicate balance that sustains us all.”
With dire consequences for ourselves and future generations,
livestock production results in vast amounts of greenhouse gases being released
into the atmosphere. It requires increasingly unsustainable levels of precious
resources including land, water and energy, and is a major contributor towards
global environmental degradation and climate change.
The Meat Free Monday campaign has had an incredible response since
its launch in 2009, with many of the world’s leading authorities on climate
change endorsing meat reduction as an effective way of fighting global warming.
The campaign’s new film ‘One Day a Week’, largely funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and produced in collaboration with French film director Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s Hope Production, amplifies this message using the breathtaking aerial photography with which Arthus-Bertrand has become synonymous.
Narrated by Paul, and with appearances from Paul, Mary and
Stella McCartney, Woody Harrelson and Emma Stone, the film describes how the
beauty of the planet only exists through a delicate balance of climatic
conditions – a balance we are dangerously disrupting through our insatiable
desire for animal products.
Meat Free Monday’s aim is to raise awareness and inspire
people to make a change in their diets from an easily achievable starting
point.
The film uses Paul's own music – tracks from his 1997
classical music album Standing Stone, as well as an unreleased song called
Botswana.
