UNEP names 'Climate Heroes' to mark environment day
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced the names of its Climate Heroes, who are undertaking exceptional personal feats to demonstrate their commitment and to raise awareness for the World Environment Day
TO MARK the annual World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced the names of its Climate Heroes, who are undertaking exceptional personal feats, high-profile expeditions and other innovative acts of environmental activism to demonstrate their commitment and to raise awareness for one simple idea: Your planet needs You!
Participating under the global banner, Unite to Combat Climate Change, the acts and the attention Climate Heroes generate will most importantly give voice to the movement of individuals.
UNEP's Climate Heroes include:
Roz Savage: Roz is known for her inspirational solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. Under her new initiative 'Pull Together', she will row across the Pacific Ocean and walk from London to Copenhagen with the environmental message to take action on CO2 levels by inspiring people to walk more and drive less.
David de Rothschild: He along with his crew of adventurers, thought-leaders and artists plan to set sail approximately 10,000 nautical miles across the Pacific.
The boat, called Plastiki, is a distinctive, one-of-a-kind 60-foot (20m) catamaran made out of reclaimed plastic bottles, srPET plastic and recycled waste products. Their mission: to beat waste, raise awareness on the issues facing our planet and be the catalyst to activate change by bringing smart sustainable solutions to the forefront.
Project Kaisei: It consists of a team of innovators, ocean lovers, sailors, scientists, sports enthusiasts and environmentalists who have come together with a common purpose: to study how to capture plastic waste in the ocean, detoxify and recycle it into diesel fuel. Every year over 60 billion tons of plastic are produced, much of it for one-time use and less than five per cent of the world's plastics are recycled.
Luo Hong: He is an activist environmental photographer, whose work has been exhibited in China and is currently on exhibit at UN Headquarters in New York. Devoted to natural landscape and wild animal photography, Luo is a frequent traveler to Africa, where he has highlighted the beauty of wildlife and its fragility against the backdrop of climate change.
Charles and Sho Scott (eight years old): This father-son pair are riding connected bikes from Cape Souya in northern Japan to Kyushu in the south, or 2,900 miles (4,700 kilometers), as a campaign to raise awareness on climate change and in support of UN efforts to seal a deal on a climate treaty in Copenhagen in December.
Entitled 'United to Combat Climate Change—Ride Japan', the ride will pass through 11 of the World's Cultural Heritage sites along the way.
The two-month journey will also raise funds for tree-planting efforts with the target of seven billion trees planted by the end of 2009, or one for each person on the planet.
UNEP's Climate Heroes include:
Roz Savage: Roz is known for her inspirational solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. Under her new initiative 'Pull Together', she will row across the Pacific Ocean and walk from London to Copenhagen with the environmental message to take action on CO2 levels by inspiring people to walk more and drive less.
David de Rothschild: He along with his crew of adventurers, thought-leaders and artists plan to set sail approximately 10,000 nautical miles across the Pacific.
The boat, called Plastiki, is a distinctive, one-of-a-kind 60-foot (20m) catamaran made out of reclaimed plastic bottles, srPET plastic and recycled waste products. Their mission: to beat waste, raise awareness on the issues facing our planet and be the catalyst to activate change by bringing smart sustainable solutions to the forefront.
Project Kaisei: It consists of a team of innovators, ocean lovers, sailors, scientists, sports enthusiasts and environmentalists who have come together with a common purpose: to study how to capture plastic waste in the ocean, detoxify and recycle it into diesel fuel. Every year over 60 billion tons of plastic are produced, much of it for one-time use and less than five per cent of the world's plastics are recycled.
Luo Hong: He is an activist environmental photographer, whose work has been exhibited in China and is currently on exhibit at UN Headquarters in New York. Devoted to natural landscape and wild animal photography, Luo is a frequent traveler to Africa, where he has highlighted the beauty of wildlife and its fragility against the backdrop of climate change.
Charles and Sho Scott (eight years old): This father-son pair are riding connected bikes from Cape Souya in northern Japan to Kyushu in the south, or 2,900 miles (4,700 kilometers), as a campaign to raise awareness on climate change and in support of UN efforts to seal a deal on a climate treaty in Copenhagen in December.
Entitled 'United to Combat Climate Change—Ride Japan', the ride will pass through 11 of the World's Cultural Heritage sites along the way.
The two-month journey will also raise funds for tree-planting efforts with the target of seven billion trees planted by the end of 2009, or one for each person on the planet.
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