UN's Environmental Heroes

The world's climate adventurers

The United Nations Environmental Project has reached out to young adventurers and environmental activists who are dedicating their expeditions to the campaign Unite to Combat Climate Change.

The UNEP have dubbed these people their 'Climate Heroes': adventurers who have faced dangerous explorations, and have keen fans that support the message. The heroes will be promoting their cause and talking at the December 2009 negotiations on environmental issues in Copenhagen that will change the policies on climate change.

One of the heroes is Roz Savage, an experienced and determined rower who has already taken on the Atlantic. She's now committed to crossing of the Pacific Ocean, and walking from London all the way to Copenhagen with her message to ‘Pull Together’ to inspire people to walk more and drive less and cut down on CO2 emissions.

Another group is Project Kaisei – a group of ocean scientists, sailors and sports enthusiasts who are setting out on a 70-day Pacific expedition to explore and discover technology that is able to turn plastic in to diesel fuel.

One other remarkable hero is adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild. Only 31 years old, David has already swayed many people's attitudes towards the planet. Along with a crew of adventurers and artists, he's about to sett sail on a catamaran made completely out of plastic bottles. The boat, named ‘Plastiki’, will voyage 10,000 nautical miles across Pacific Ocean, darting through challenging obstacles such as the worlds largest dumping ground, the ‘Great Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch’ where plastic outweighs plankton by 6 to 1.

Also involved is the famous Chinese wildlife and environmental activist photographer Luo Hong. His extraordinarily influential work explores the beauty of wildlife and its fragility against the backdrop of climate change in a range of countries. His photographs are currently being exhibited in New York’s UN headquarters.

The youngest of all the heroes is eight-year old Sho Scott who is cycling with his father Charles Scott from Cape Souya in northern Japan to Kyushu in the south reaching 2,900 miles (4,700 kilometers), while campaigning to raise awareness on climate change.

Find out more about the Heroes at www.sealthedeal2009.org