How To Enjoy Valentine’s Day And Help The Planet With
Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the UK is gearing itself
up to import tens of thousands of roses to send to loved ones as
a symbol of affection. However, across the world, Kenya sees an
increasingly devastated ecosystem as this tradition continues.
If you are lucky enough to receive a rose, you are usually more
concerned with who it is from, not where it is from, and that is
the problem Dr David Harper, Senior Lecturer from the University
of Leicester’s Department of Biology, has spent years trying to
solve through interpreting his scientific research results for
local communities’ and environmental benefits. Dr Harper is now
involved in a new initiative, starting in September 2010, to
stem the drain on the region’s natural lifeline, Lake Naivasha.
He had just returned from addressing key stakeholders ““
organized by international supermarket buyers – about
sustainability issues at the lake and its catchment. Dr Harper
had been invited to speak at