Well it’s coming up to midnight, but I was so impressed with what I just saw on TV, I had to blog it and share it with you. The Prince just gave a beautifully crafted and impressively delivered lecture on some of the key environmental and economic challenges which the world faces, and explored how they might be tackled in the future. He covered everything from biodiversity and sustainable agriculture to philosophy and the credit crunch. In nice accessible language, and to an audience of invited celebrities. 

His lecture dealt with lots of the issues that we at Scriptoria hold dear - and many of which are usually only considered in this depth in closed meetings of experts. Many of the points raised by the Prince were, for example, also raised by Achim Steiner (head of UNEP) at a meeting of major donors I was invited to in Brussels last week. So it was huge pleasure to hear on national TV such a public figure getting those messages out to the public.  

And top marks for the Prince’s comms team, who had already posted the transcript online to satisfy the needs of people like me who were inspired to get onto Google as soon as the credits started to roll.

Read the lecture at:

http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speechesandarticles/index.html

If you’re in the UK, check out the TV broadcast coming soon (the BBC promises!) at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lncxc/Richard_Dimbleby_Lecture_Facing_the_Future/

All the best and good night!

Sandy