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A Life on Our Planet

My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future

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A Life on Our Planet

By: David Attenborough
Narrated by: David Attenborough
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

See the world. Then make it better.

I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.

As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity.

I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet contains my witness statement and my vision for the future - the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake, and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.

We have the opportunity to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited.

All we need is the will to do so.

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"Read this book to learn, but also to honour the man. We shall never see his like again." (Sunday Times)
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If this is his swan song, then what a great way to do it. His life is amazing, his contribution has been amazing and I’m there, fully behind the thoughts on how we can all do our part to save the planet and ourselves.

A great life

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a supurb book that enlightens and educates in this most important subject to mankind and the planet

A MUST read/listen

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Such a thorough and illuminating listen from start to finish. Everyone should read or listen to this book. Then do it again. The evidence is clear and his vision for the future simple and compelling. It's wonderful to see such a positive vision of the what the world could be - and this is exactly what we need to empower people to make a change. Thanks David!

A perfect education on humanity

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This book is bursting with fascinating facts that everyone should be aware of. Attenborough at his best as always.

Fascinating

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Just wonderful and so important. A powerful, inspiring and thought provoking book full of facts regarding our planets current situation and an uplifting vision for the future. If you think you might like this book, you will. And it is a joy that it is narrated by David Attenborough himself.

Incredible Inspiring Everyone needs to hear this!

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