Debbie
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Sir Peter Blake was an amazing man. I am very sad to find that on this mornings news he has been killed by pirates in the Amazon. He was only 53. A New Zealander that we are proud of.
All his hard work.
Only on the weekend I watched a documentary with him and his family in the Amazon. He looked so relaxed.
Sir Peter Blake, courtesy of AmericaOne Sir Peter Blake appointed
UNEP special ambassador
By JAY NEWTON-SMALL
Ā© Earth Times News Service
"The famed New Zealand yachtsman Sir Peter Blake was named a UN Environmental Program (UNEP) Special Ambassador by Claus Toepfer, the head of UNEP while visiting New Zealand last week.
Blake follows in the footsteps of other goodwill ambassadors for UNEP, including Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and British polar explorer Robert Swan. Japanese folk singer Tokiko Kato is also a current UNEP special ambassador.
Speaking of Blake at a luncheon hosted by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, Toepfer announced the ambassadorship, and emphasized the importance of the developed nation's role in the environment, and especially in trade.
"This current cycle of economic growth, which we call globalization, is bringing cascading declines in many critical ecosystems around the world," Toepfer said. The hardest hit were the developing countries at the beginning of the supply chain, he told his audience of business and community leaders. "It is essential that we fully account for the environmental and social costs of goods and services, whether they are produced here or the other side of the world."
He said that the job of a goodwill ambassador is to promote awareness of environmental issues, especially conservationism. Blake, he said, in doing his blakexpeditions was already doing that. Sir Peter and his 'Blakexpeditions' crew recently returned from the Antarctic Peninsula on the yacht 'Sea Master' and plan a voyage into the Amazon basin in September.
Blakexpeditions' undertakes voyages to areas of the world which are key to the planet's ecosystem, producing television programs and educational products on the Internet. Its mission is to help protect life in, on and around the waters of the world.
He also called on New Zealand to take a leadership role in the developed world in preparation for the Rio +10 conference in Johannesburg, South Africa next summer.
"As a trading nation, New Zealand has an opportunity to lead the way in this re examination," Toepfer said. He challenged New Zealand to turn its clean, green image into a global model for sustainability. "This is a win-win approach - stemming environmental decline and providing innovation to meet the growing demand for new knowledge, technologies and consumer choice," Toepfer said."
You will be sadly missed. Thank you for making a difference in our world. Hopefully someone will step into your shoes and carry on the wonderful work you have started.
So many people have been touched by you.
My thoughts go out to his family.
All his hard work.
Only on the weekend I watched a documentary with him and his family in the Amazon. He looked so relaxed.
Sir Peter Blake, courtesy of AmericaOne Sir Peter Blake appointed
UNEP special ambassador
By JAY NEWTON-SMALL
Ā© Earth Times News Service
"The famed New Zealand yachtsman Sir Peter Blake was named a UN Environmental Program (UNEP) Special Ambassador by Claus Toepfer, the head of UNEP while visiting New Zealand last week.
Blake follows in the footsteps of other goodwill ambassadors for UNEP, including Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and British polar explorer Robert Swan. Japanese folk singer Tokiko Kato is also a current UNEP special ambassador.
Speaking of Blake at a luncheon hosted by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, Toepfer announced the ambassadorship, and emphasized the importance of the developed nation's role in the environment, and especially in trade.
"This current cycle of economic growth, which we call globalization, is bringing cascading declines in many critical ecosystems around the world," Toepfer said. The hardest hit were the developing countries at the beginning of the supply chain, he told his audience of business and community leaders. "It is essential that we fully account for the environmental and social costs of goods and services, whether they are produced here or the other side of the world."
He said that the job of a goodwill ambassador is to promote awareness of environmental issues, especially conservationism. Blake, he said, in doing his blakexpeditions was already doing that. Sir Peter and his 'Blakexpeditions' crew recently returned from the Antarctic Peninsula on the yacht 'Sea Master' and plan a voyage into the Amazon basin in September.
Blakexpeditions' undertakes voyages to areas of the world which are key to the planet's ecosystem, producing television programs and educational products on the Internet. Its mission is to help protect life in, on and around the waters of the world.
He also called on New Zealand to take a leadership role in the developed world in preparation for the Rio +10 conference in Johannesburg, South Africa next summer.
"As a trading nation, New Zealand has an opportunity to lead the way in this re examination," Toepfer said. He challenged New Zealand to turn its clean, green image into a global model for sustainability. "This is a win-win approach - stemming environmental decline and providing innovation to meet the growing demand for new knowledge, technologies and consumer choice," Toepfer said."
You will be sadly missed. Thank you for making a difference in our world. Hopefully someone will step into your shoes and carry on the wonderful work you have started.
So many people have been touched by you.
My thoughts go out to his family.
