«Young people
come to the Capitol, bright - eyed and bushy - tailed, and they think that legislators or people who work very high up in government are
somehow godlike... and that if they are paid special
attention this
somehow makes them special or could be helpful
to their own careers.
Having a special year
to draw
attention to the importance of this issue no doubt has a role
to play, but much like how the end of the 2010 Year of Biodiversity saw a slew of reports detailing how little progress is actually being made
to preserve the ecosystems we all depend on,
somehow I can't help but feel like
come December 2011 we'll all be reading about how we're still not doing enough
to preserve the forests upon which so much life depends.