Being Green - 23 December 2016

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"A message from someone who has uniquely earned the right to remind us. He was speaking atop a skyscraper overlooking the centre of London; Sir David Attenborough, winding up the final episode of PLANET EARTH’s second series on BBC Television. A supremely poignant moment, as Attenborough has just turned 90, and we hope he won’t really be saying goodbye just yet. And the message got through all right – with Twitter and all the social media trending, knocking everything else off the list."
23 Dec 2016 English South Africa Health & Fitness

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