This is a question I think other people should answer about me, rather than myself, because other people always have a more honest assessment of a person, but I hope I can do this topic justice.
I am a realist in general and passionate and stubborn. My initial training is as a nurse, and I still do nursing privately for people who need home assistance, like the disabled and elderly when the family is working or cannot cope alone. However, my passion is for the environment and I think it needs as much assistance, if not more than the sick and elderly people I help.
I am currently, and have been for a while now, studying environmental management, science, ecology and waste management. I am also doing various research projects on grassroots bio-remediation and rehabilitation of old mining sites where the environment has been badly damaged due to mismanagement and neglect on behalf of the companies responsible.
Another big interest of mine is rescuing farmlands and restore the health of the land and prevent desertification through agroforestry and forest gardens.
Why do this?
- Because we humans have caused the environment an incredible amount of damage and it is our obligation to undo that, at the very least.
- Because if we do nothing, the earth will no longer be able to sustain us or itself and we are all heading for a disaster of incredible proportions, so even if we only do it for ourselves, we need to do it.
I will be keeping you updated on the investigations I am currently working on, new places I go to (from an environmental and personal point of view), discussing my studies and researches and sharing any articles I publish, academic or otherwise.
I hope to share my interest and passion with you and ignite your passion about these subjects too, and if I do that and you would like me to concentrate on something specific, I would love to hear from you, or if you have any comments about what I’m doing and writing, good or bad. (I’m not scared of criticism and believe I can only learn from my mistakes, so feel free to point them out.)
Environews 