In an effort never before seen on a global level, top athletes and explorers will join United Nations officials and sustainability expert Jane Poynter (former Biosphere 2crewmember) in an effort to educate and motivate the world community to join in the fight against climate change and environmental degradation. Jane Poynter, who is President of both Paragon Space Development Corporation (a technology firm) and Global Sports Alliance USA, a non-profit dedicated to environmental education and action, has flown experiments into space, sailed the world’s oceans and worked with the World Bank on projects to mitigate climate change. Her new book Champions for Change: Athletes Making a World of Difference was created with the support of the United Nations Department of Public Information and dozens of athletes and explorers who shared their personal experiences in the book that is being launched at the press conference. Proceeds from Champions for Change go to sports and environmental education projects around the world. As shocking examples of global warming, a picture of Lewis Gordon Pugh (world record holder for swimming in the planet’s coldest seas) shows him about to dive off an iceberg to swim across the North Pole, which until recently was frozen over for millennia.
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