Video – WWF: Come with us, go places

 
By Heather Gray
I have always considered myself “environmentally friendly.”  I am an avid recycler, I always bring my own grocery bags, and I feel good about taking the subway to work.  I’m not changing lives or anything but I have always felt like, at the very least, I am limiting my contribution to the problem.  And that is what I always thought it meant to care about the environment – don’t make it worse.
Well, I thought that way until my friend Jessie asked if I was interested in having my little girl filmed playing at the park for a video being produced by WWF.  Jessie wanted to capture images of little kids just enjoying nature to remind people of why conservation is important.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXtQMp1VCi4&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube]
Conservation? Isn’t that the same as environmentally friendly? Well, yes and no.  Conservation aims to preserve the natural environment and the species that inhabit that environment by protecting it  – not just by limiting how polluted it gets.
There is a conceptual difference and it’s one I didn’t appreciate until I really watched my little girl simply enjoying the water’s edge, running down a dirt path and finding an old tree perfect for climbing.   These simple joys are something I want her to have, and that I want my grandchildren to have and – in order for that to happen – I need to be more than just “friendly” and then, maybe, I can change lives.