SAWA's Hero Earth Day Event at UBC Botanical Garden (2009)

Greenheart Canopy Walkway Partners with SAWA Global to Celebrate SAWA's Hero Earth Day Event at UBC Botanical Garden

Vancouver, Canada (April 6, 2009) - Greenheart Canopy Walkway, Vancouver's newest eco-adventure experience, celebrates SAWA Heroes at UBC Botanical Garden during a five day Earth Day Event.

Greenheart Earth Day Event Press Release (PDF)

When: Saturday, April 18, 2009 - Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Hours of operation: 10:00am - 4:00pm each day
Note: Special group scheduling accommodations are available

Where: Greenheart Canopy Walkway at UBC Botanical Garden
6804 SW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC

Why: Children and adults will have the opportunity to experience the Canopy Walkway, a unique suspension bridge up into the upper layers of a Pacific Coast forest, while learning about 10 remarkable SAWA Heroes from the world's poorest communities who have made a significant and positive impact in their community. Visitors can also visit http://www.3rdwhale.com/ to learn more about the heroes and enter the "Greenest Person on the Planet" contest.

Participants will gain an appreciation for how the Pacific Coast forest of British Columbia is figuratively connected to the entire world. Additionally, visitors will learn how one person can improve the lives of others as well as protect our planet.

Who: SAWA Global recruits and provides training to local videographers in the 50 poorest countries in the world. These SAWA Video Journalists identify and work in close partnership with extraordinary local grassroots leaders - SAWA Heroes. Together they work to document the project or initiative via video, and then profile this on SAWA Global's website to a global audience.

Once profiled on the website, the SAWA Heroes can be viewed by a global community who can learn from the Hero's success and innovative solutions, build new partnerships with the SAWA Hero and apply the project model elsewhere to solve similar global challenges. Please visit http://www.sawaglobal.com/ for more information.

Greenheart Earth Day Event Press Release (PDF)

For further information or interviews please contact:
Alex Chapple
604-742-4264

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:55 AM on April 7, 2009