While visiting Cortona last week, Jeremy Irons was kind enough to share with us his thoughts on why places of beauty tend to disappear and what we can do to save them.

Together we can do a great deal:
Jeremy Irons pinpoints our constant desire for new things and our economic game in which profits prevail over beauty as main threats to special places. Often we’re made to feel disenfranchised and yet, if we’d like, we can protect the places we care about. He says that we as individuals, either separately or banding together in groups, have more power than we realize.

For Jeremy, places do not necessarily need to grow to survive. Rather they need to breathe, be nurtured so they can mature and become wise, just like people. For those of us who would like to care for places we love, the first step is to listen very deeply. By doing so, we will understand the needs of that particular place.

By clicking here, you’ll see a miniclip from the interview.  http://youtu.be/0lVPRHYycmk

You’ll see more in the finished film!