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Joanna Lumley supports Human Swan Sacha Dench on daring circumnavigation of Britain by paramotor
Joanna Lumley, actor, presenter and activist has announced her support for Sacha Dench – known as the Human Swan – in her intrepid circumnavigation of mainland Britain by electric paramotor.
Joanna Lumley came across Sacha’s planned climate expedition through a crowdfunder call out for the expedition and was inspired to try and become more involved. Joanna decided to just call Sacha, and as a result of that conversation Joanna will be following Sacha and meeting up with her at various places around the country as Sacha completes the Round Britain Climate Challenge. They will be filming a documentary together for ITV as the journey progresses, in which Joanna will be the presenter
Joanna said
“Sacha Dench’s adventures are stories you can only dream of - facing down all barriers and blessed with the courage of a lioness she literally soars into history books, and inspires everyone who has the luck to follow her phenomenal challenges. Sacha is clawing attention towards the greatest crisis mankind has faced in recorded time.
Her journey is going to be irresistible and I shall be following her, on charts and in person, I am so proud to support her: with your help we shall be the wind beneath her wings.”
Sacha added
“ Joanna’s call came totally out of the blue and it’s just fantastic that Joanna is so supportive of this mission to look at how climate change is affecting different regions of the country – and highlight all the amazing things that individuals, community organisations and companies are doing to combat it.
We want to get everybody involved and one of our aims is to get 140,001 people to take personal climate action between 18 June and 17th July through Count Us In https://www.count-us-in.org/ – so please sign up now! If we achieve this number we’ll get get a Guinness World Record too!
I am so looking forward Joanna joining me to meet many of the inspiring people along the route”
Contact
Jackie Pedersen / M: +44 (0)7980 767710 / E: Jackie@newhope-eu.com or
Sacha Dench/ M: +44 (0)7534 698525 / E: sacha@conservation-without-borders.org
to arrange:
• Interviews with Sacha and/or supporters
• Video footage and stills
• Joining Sacha and the team in training is also possible
Media assets here:
https://www.conservation-without-borders.org/news
Notes to journalists regarding covering the expedition
• The expedition and Sacha’s progress will be tracked online here once the expedition starts: www.climatechallenge.live
• Photo and video content, live broadcasts, can be facilitated during the expedition care of the professional media team in the ground crew
• There will be opportunities for interviews at camp sites most evenings
• Email us to be notified of the launch event details in Glasgow
• There will be celebrities joining Sacha en-route, names to be announced.
Background on Sacha Dench
• Ambassador for the UN’s Convention on Migratory Species
• CEO, Conservation Without Borders
• Biologist, Conservationist, adventurer, motivational speaker
• First woman to receive prestigious Britannia Trophy in 50 years
• Freediving record holder,
• Woman of the Year 2017
• Environment Campaign of the Year 2017
• British Women Pilots Association Trophy 2017
• Green Swan Award, alongside Sir Tim Smit for ‘Making the seemingly impossible, virtually inevitable’.
Conservation Without Borders
A charity founded by Sacha Dench to help drive changes in attitudes and bring pragmatic on the ground answers to issues relating to climate change and biodiversity loss. Its strategy is to turn these global challenges in great adventures which will bring together the wider public, media, scientists, industry and communities through expedition led story telling - and drive positive action
https://www.conservation-without-borders.org/
