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Sustainability Magazine celebrates the environmental career spanning eight decades of international treasure Sir David Attenborough
Heralded as the greatest broadcaster of our time , David Attenborough ’ s name is synonymous with environmentalism for many . His career has educated and informed global audiences , highlighting the plight of the natural world to many who would otherwise not have been able to engage with it in such an informative yet emotive way .
In 1945 David Attenborough won a scholarship to study geology and zoology at the prestigious Cambridge University in 1945 and obtained a degree in natural sciences . After his first degree , Attenborough embarked on a career in broadcasting at the BBC , during which time he became known for his environmental broadcasting . He left the BBC in the early 1960s to study
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
TITLE : BROADCASTER , ENVIRONMENTALIST , NATURAL HISTORIAN , AUTHOR , BIOLOGIST
INDUSTRY : MEDIA LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
Credit : Jeremy Selwyn , WPA Pool
David Attenborough began his career at the BBC and has gone one to spend eight decades making some of the most popular , thought-provoking and insightful documentaries and films about the planet , its inhabitants , and humanity ’ s impact on it .
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