When You Borrow You Plan

It's Not A Pretty Picture, But There Are Reasons For Hope.

When I Look Back Over My Life It's Almost As If There Was A Plan Laid Out For Me - From The Little Girl Who Was So Passionate About Animals Who Longed To Go To Africa And Whose Family Couldn't Afford To Put Her Through College. Everyone Laughed At My Dreams. I Was Supposed To Be A Secretary In Bournemouth.

I Became Intensely Aware Of The Being-ness Of Trees. The Feel Of Rough Sun-warmed Bark Of An Ancient Forest Giant, Or The Cool, Smooth Skin Of A Young And Eager Sapling, Gave Me A Strange, Intuitive Sense Of The Sap As It Was Sucked Up By Unseen Roots And Drawn Up To The Very Tips Of The Branches, High Overhead.

It Made Me Feel Particularly Sickened To Know That This Kind Of Callous Attitude Toward Animals Is Repeated Again And Again In Laboratories Around This Country.

Without The Support Of Local People, You Might As Well Give Up Because You Can Make All The Noise You Like, You Can Demarcate A National Park, But If The People Outside Want To Go Creeping Into A Forest You Really Can't Stop Them. They've Got To Get A Benefit.