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HARDtalk: John Francis, Ecologist and Environmental Activist

27/10/2008

John Francis, Ecologist and Environmental Activist

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Zeinab Badawi talks to inspirational ecologist and environmental activist John Francis.

Zeinab Badawi talks to environmental activist John Francis. After witnessing an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, he gave up motorised transport and stopped talking for two decades.

Zeinab Badawi talks to ecologist and environmental activist John Francis and asks, how far will people go for their green principles?

After witnessing a massive oil spill in San Francisco Bay in 1971 when two tankers collided, Francis was so shocked he gave up all motorised transport for 22 years. He also stopped talking for nearly two decades and walked across the entire United States and much of South America to inspire others about environmental issues. Was it worth it?

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