One of the first people we bumped into at the Eco Island Conference last Wednesday was an American writer and poet named Jack Tupac Pennington.
Simon was quick to pull out his ever faithful audio recorder after Jack explained that he’d embraced the Eco Island vision and decided to walk all the way from Ventnor to the conference in Cowes.
It took him several hours, but he did (thank goodness) break the journey up into a couple of stages, setting off a few days before the start of the conference. Ventnor to Carisbrooke took six hours through the rain and hail, where he camped out in the great outdoors.
In our opinion, Jack spoke a lot of sense as he explained why he felt it important to make the effort to remain eco-friendly.
If you’re going to be ecological you need to start with the most basic things in life such as transport.
We had a chuckle when he suggested that we should all get horses instead of cars, because they are often even more friendly that humans!
Over the years, Jack has hitch hiked around Europe and more recently in the UK. In fact he’s a fellow blogger and writes on the subject.
Listening to the interview, you’ll hear that he has strong opinions on who is responsible for the ecological disasters that the world is experiencing today.
As well as very friendly and open, Jack is a fascinating guy to meet, so if you happen to see him walking along the side of the road with a thumb out, do pull over and give him a lift – you’ll meet someone who may inspire you.
Listen to the short interview by clicking the play button below. [audio:http://otw-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/eco-island-conf-jack-tupac-pennington.mp3]
