September 10th, 2009
If you have heard Robert Swan speak, you know that one of the primary motivations in leading his expeditions to Antarctica and speaking to groups around the globe is to inspire the young people of the world to take action in regards to sustainability and climate change. He’s dedicated his life to the preservation of Antarctica for them, and the world they are inheriting.
Wendy Gediman, a 2008 IAE alumni, is a Lower School teacher at TASIS, The American School in England. As part of her commitment towards using her experience in Antarctica to inspire and spread Robert’s mission, she’s created the ‘Environmental Club 2041′ at her school. Utilizing the 2041 curriculum featured on 2041’s education site, she hopes to instill a ’sustainable young person’s Leadership on the Edge‘ in her students. Featuring a mock expedition format, her founding student members are passionate, committed, and can’t wait to learn more about what they can do.
Which is the most 2041 and Robert Swan can ever hope for.
Environmental Club 2041 attendees
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August 18th, 2009
KPMG – a 2041 partner and sponsor – sent 2 of their employees on the March 2009 IAE expedition and has just published expedition coverage in their August 2009 Careers Magazine.
The article covers an overview of Robert’s mission, KPMG’s involvement, and KPMG’s green agenda. Most importantly, the article highlights the personal experiences of KPMG’s team members and how the expedition has changed their lives, and includes a brief expedition video diary. The phenomenon the article touches on – Robert Swan’s ability to inspire others to act – is what sets our company and expeditions apart from being another tick on a corporate policy checklist.
Read more here.
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July 23rd, 2009
Last Sunday, on July 19th, Robert Swan was a keynote speaker to over 300 young leaders from over 30 nations, all participants at the International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change. The conference, which aimed towards carbon neutrality, was held at Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China. The IYSECC, which works towards mobilizing the youth generation to play an active role in fostering cooperation towards a low-carbon, efficient, clean, and sustainable future, is the first-ever global youth conference focusing on energy and climate change issues in China.
Robert’s lecture, which touched on his own expedition experience and the E-Base and then culminated in encouraging youth entrepreneurship in the renewable energy sector, was presented digitally, from Australia. By communicating via the internet, Robert’s contribution was both carbon-emissions free and fit in with the conference’s global theme while highlighting the continuing potential for digital collaboration to be a key method of broadcasting the climate change message across the globe.
Several of 2041’s IAE Team China alumni were involved in connecting Robert with IYSECC.
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June 19th, 2009
Richard Dunne, an IAE 4 and 5 team member and head teacher of the Ashley C of E Primary School, received an Ashden Award in the Schools category on 11 June 2009 for his ongoing work towards reducing his school’s carbon footprint. Richard returned from his 2041 Antarctic Expedition in 2007 inspired by Robert Swan’s message and determined to make a difference. Since then, the whole school community has worked together to bring the climate change motive into everything they do. Targets are set to cut energy consumption in the school and home and energy learning is integrated into every subject, including art and math. The school has a biomass boiler, solar heating and PV array and energy efficient lighting is used throughout.
The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy were founded in 2001 to encourage the greater use of local sustainable energy to address climate change and alleviate poverty. Supported by WWF, the Ashley School, as the Schools Award winner,will receive 15,000 in prize money. View their case study here, and other media from their presentation here.
A huge congratulations to Richard from the 2041 team for embodying Robert Swan’s message of taking small, achievable steps to make a difference in creating a more sustainable future, and for using education as an effective platform for change.
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