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| Eco Team - working onboard
for an environmentally-friendly Peace Boat |
The group of young volunteers that make up the Eco
Team on board the 36th global voyage are working to create an eco-friendly
environment on Peace Boat, and at the same time come up with proposals
for concrete action for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development
in Johannesburg, South Africa. Trying to combine study with fun, Eco
Team has two main projects they are currently working on. The first
is a solar-wind generator being used for the first time on Peace Boat
and which has consequently become the visual symbol of the project.
After a joint effort of fundraising and donation letter writing, Peace
Boat succeeded in obtaining the generator from local manufacturer
Zephyr. The inaugural event, which was also the generators first real
test, was a popcorn party. The event, attended by over forty people
was in itself educational and very successful in terms of making people
more aware of the importance of using wind energy in everyday life.
While the event was free, there are plans to sell the popcorn produced,
with the money raised going to help pay for the maintenance of the
solar-wind generator. |
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other eco-friendly events using wind and also solar energy have been
planned for this cruise. These include music concerts, movie nights
and a "solar cafe" is also in the pipeline. Apart from being lots
of fun these events should also raise people's awareness of the importance
of renewable energy as alternative energy sources. In the future Peace
Boat is planning to expand its alternative energy program, increasing
the number of solar-wind generators on board. |
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other important current Eco Team project is active recycling of paper,
plastic bottles and batteries. Recycled paper will be reused together
with lavender and rosemary leaves to make postcards, streamers and
other paper-based objects. Plastic bottles will be filled and used
for making exercise weights as well as toys, which will be given away
to children in countries Peace Boat visits on its voyages. Batteries
will be taken back to Japan and will be recycled there. The Eco Team
is another example of Peace Boat acting locally as it moves around
the globe. |
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PEACE BOAT is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. |
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