Prince Charles is escalating his campaign to build awareness for the rainforest. Now I am not the greenest of individuals in that I do believe we can sustain environment with technology, but I do also know that we cannot gain without first saving.

So I can certainly applaud his effort in a new YouTube video where celebrities give their spiel about the rainforest while lounging next to a frog.

What I do wonder then is how much Charles has spent himself to raise awareness? He has acquired over £270 million ($420 million USD) since 2001 in his property dealings alone. This is quite a hefty sum but just a drop of the vast wealth his royal family possesses.

At a speech held May 12 for the Royal Institute of British Architects, Prince Charles spoke about returning to “real British heritage” and many architects in attendance found this view prehistoric. The architects, who created 21st century marvels like the London Eye and the Gherkin, initially planned to boycott the conference because of Charles’ ‘twisted vision’. Others in attendance felt differently.

“I thought it was inspirational,” said Manchester architect Neal Charlton. “It’s interesting the way he ties traditional aspects to sustainability. It’s an olive branch, a way forward on reducing emissions and all those key things.”

So will people choose to embrace his rainforest campaign or will Charles face scrutiny similar to that of the architects? Are his intentions sincere or for publicity?

From the YouTube video, a similar mixed response has arisen:

dystopikk
it’s easy to give lectures about how important is to save the rain forest form your own palace. If this is such a huge resource we all use, we should be paying the countries that have this resource, just as we buy the oil.

Nachtjager
Yeah, they’re great, Britain is better than ever, and you know what else you can do to save the world? Die.

“one of Gordon Browns leading green advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society. The trust will release research suggesting UK population must be cut to 30m if the country wants to feed itself sustainably”

Go Prince tampon! I mean, Charles.

DeLyonUK
Prince Charles is making a great impact on the United Kingdom as well as the entire world. What a great cause !!!
God Bless the Prince of Wales !!!

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