Supporters

Wanjira Mathai

Ecoship Supporter; Chair of the Board of the Green Belt Movement

Bio

“Peace Boat's Ecoship sailing the oceans and cooperating with communities in port will be a wonderful symbol of the interconnectedness of peace and sustainability.”

 
Wanjira Mathai is the Director, Partnerships for Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER), Wangari Maathai Institute (WMI). She previously directed International Affairs at Green Belt Movement (GBM), which was founded by her mother, the late Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai. She Chairs the Green Belt Movement and is a Board member of WMI, Wangari Mathai Foundation and Resonate.

David Suzuki

Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist

Bio

“We live in a carbon-constrained world today where we know that we have to reduce, radically, the carbon emissions that are going into the atmosphere if we're going to avoid the catastrophe of climate change...and Ecoship is obviously a way we have to go."

 
David Suzuki, Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. He is renowned for his radio and television programs that explain the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling, easily understood way. Dr. Suzuki is also recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. He is the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for Science, the United Nations Environment Program Medal, UNEPs Global 500 and in 2009 won the Right Livelihood Award that is considered the Alternative Nobel Prize.

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