Elizabeth Gote

Alfa Network (Nairobi, Kenya)

Today’s Date: 19 July 2008

1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in your life has had the biggest impact on you?

Cat, I used to buy good clothes and the rats could not spare them until I kept a cat in my house, since then I have loved cats very much.

2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors during your childhood?

Going out with my child friends especially when I had a new clothes which my parents had bought it, I could hang out so that other children could see it.

Now? Going out in out catering parties.

3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what your favorite animal is and why?

Lion, because it is the king of the jungle, and very brave.

4. What do you think is the greatest environmental challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be the greatest challenge in the future?

Air pollution, everybody breaths in and out, if we continue to pollute air, from various sectors, the rate of people dying will be increasing every day and night, the beautiful world will remain void.

5. If you could give one piece of advice regarding the environment and our natural resources, what would it be?

Maximum respect to the natural resources and our environment is the key to a better world.