David Attenborough Research Paper

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Good Morning to the TED X conference, I am here to talk about one powerful person who changed our world and our way of thinking about something. A powerful person is one who changes the way we think, live, work and may change our lives physically or mentally. My powerful person is David Attenborough. David Attenborough has influenced and changed our way of thinking about our planet and its living organisms. David Attenborough has created documentaries about flora and fauna and land types. David Attenborough has changed millions of people’s minds about how we should treat our planet and how we respond to major ecological problems.

David Attenborough was born on May 1926 and went to a private boy’s school all through his education. He was
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The Long Term Impacts include:
• He has inspired the world to take charge of our own planet and to produce a message that can’t be ignored which is global warming and climate change
• He made a world wide initiative to cut down on fossil fuel and also educate people on how they can reduce our global footprint
• He has a long lasting impact on how we should treat our planet using his famous quote “I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored”
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• A brief education to millions of people about certain flora
• He has inspired young people to be enthusiastic about the environment
• He has created a series of films that will change the way we consider certain flora and fauna

• He has made companies think about how they consider the environment and how they will reduce their impact

David Attenborough is a powerful person who has influenced the world environmentally and brought many controversial questions to the table surrounding the environment. Overall Sir David Attenborough has made a big impact on how society see’s the environmental world around us, he has also become a great inspiration to all of society because he is a knowledgeable person. His way of communicating complex environmental issues and topics in such an easy and understandable way is why he is a powerful person to billions of

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