A handful of world leaders have scaled back expectations of a successful Copenhagen Conference this December, but citizens of the world are stepping up and helping others show how much real people care about the fate of humanity that hangs in the balance.
The walkers mission: to deliver a message to the Copenhagen conference urging action on climate change.
This summer British ocean rower Roz Savage rowed solo 3,000 miles across the Pacific from Hawaii to Kiribati. There she witnessed the human face of climate change – Kiribati, a scattering of small coral atolls, is expected to become uninhabitable within the next 50 years due to the effects of climate change.
She is now taking her message to the climate change conference in Copenhagen, in her role as United Nations “Climate Hero”. With a small
group of friends she will set out on 20th November to walk 250 miles from Big Ben to Brussels, where they will join the United Nations Climate Express train for the remainder of the journey to Copenhagen.
The walk will be the subject of a documentary film, “The Long Walk to Copenhagen”, focusing on the walkers and the people they meet en route
to show how humankind is reacting to the biggest challenge of our time.
The worldwide community will be invited to show solidarity with the walkers by joining an online environmental challenge called Pull Together. This initiative aims to inspire people to take action on CO2 levels by walking more and driving less. Calling upon supporters around the world to Pull Together, Roz will challenge them to match the 10,000 oar strokes she does each day on the ocean by walking 10,000 steps a day. Good for the body, and good for the planet.
Stay tuned for video, audio and photos from the long march to Copenhagen.
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