Prince Charles has been credited for starting and sustaining a different kind of revolution on behalf of his mother, Queen Elizabeth. The Prince of Wales was the driving force behind the replanting and restoration of wildflower meadows, an integral part of the agriculture industry, across the United Kingdom's countryside.
The Queen's son created the Coronation Meadows Initiative after learning that 97 percent of wildflower meadows have been depleted and are at risk of disappearing in the face of the earth due to the conditions in the environment. Charles had a goal to replant this species in thousands of acres in the United Kingdom, per Yahoo! Life.
In 2013, the Prince of Wales announced that the Coronation Meadows Initiative was able to rebuild 60 wildflower meadows -- or one for each year his mother ruled the United Kingdom. As Queen Elizabeth is set to celebrate her 69th year of reign this February 2021, the movement has had 90 new wildflower meadows spreading over 1,000 acres of land.
Botanical specialist Trevor Dines led one of the replanting activities in Ipswich, where a giant landfill was also transformed into a meadowland. Dines told The Guardian that the end result was "absolutely astonishing," as it not only created a home for 98 kinds of plant species but also for thousands of bees. Wildflower meadows don't just make the environment beautiful but also helps provide food for livestock during the winter and fight the extinction of other species.
Meanwhile, Charles has once again voiced his call to fight climate change and protect the environment for the sake of the children. In a speech during the forum on the Economics of Biodiversity, the heir to the throne said that it is every person's duty to take care of the Earth and it would be "sheer madness" for people not to change their ways and continue towards the path of destruction.
Charles said that he recently launched his Terra Carta to commit to putting nature at heart. The Prince of Wales also said that he has set up the Natural Capital Investment Alliance, which aims to mobilize billions in dollars to fight climate change.
The royal said that governments and corporations must lead in the rewiring of their economic and financial models to make climate change mitigation the primary goal. Charles has been saying, based on scientific data, that humans have 10 years to course correct the damages done to the Earth or it will be too late for its future inhabitants -- the next generation.
