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David Attenborough on the 1 change he'd like everyone to make

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Description: David Attenborough spoke about the one change he'd like everyone to make during a BBC Breakfast interview.

"If there's one choice to make today, what choice would you like people to make?"

Rachel Thompson

on September 28, 2020

David Attenborough on the 1 change he'd like everyone to make

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Sometimes you just need to lie under a weighted blanket and listen to the soothingly reassuring voice of Sir David Attenborough.

If you've watched all of his Instagram videos, then here's something to kickstart your day: A BBC Breakfast interview with the 94-year-old naturalist.

In the exclusive interview, presenter Louise Minchin talked to Attenborough about climate change and how we can play our part in fighting against it.

"If there's one choice to make today, what choice would you like people to make?" asked Minchin.

"Don't waste," he replied after a moment's reflection. "Don't waste anything. Don't waste electricity, don't waste food, don't waste power. Just treat the natural world as though it's precious, which it is. And don't squander those bits of it that we have control of."

Good advice, as ever.

Topics Social Good

Rachel Thompson

Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.