Eco-adventurer
From Openwaterpedia
noun - An eco-adventurer is a person who organizes and performs eco-adventures, like open water swimming, while prioritizing environmental sustainability and conservation campaigns and activities. They often use eco-friendly travel options, support local communities, and educate themselves and others about the natural world they are exploring.
Eco-adventurers
- Christopher Swain
- Lewis Pugh
- Bruckner Chase
- Boris Nowalski
- Julia Washbourne
- Matthieu Witvoet
- Chloé Witvoet
Goals of Eco Adventures
- aim to protect, conserve or call attention to the environment or ecology,
- improve or protect the welfare of marine life or the local or indigenous area,
- incorporate education of the natural environment or ecology,
- is conducted in an ecologically-sustainable or environmentally-friendly manner,
- is held in areas that are under environmental protection or that protect marine life,
- aim to create or enhance environmental or ecological awareness,
- raise money or provides direct financial benefits for conservation, marine life or environmental protection, research and/or education,
- build awareness or provides education of a local community or culture,
- lobby local governments or officials for access to, protection of or a clean-up of a waterway, or
- minimize the impact of mankind on the environment
Usage
His eco adventure swim in the North Pole helped draw attention to climate change.
Synonyms
External links
- Matthieu and Chloé Witvoet Across The Atlantic and Into French Schools
- Dr. Meenakshi Pahuja's Eco-swim Tribute To Her Father V.K. Pahuja
- SwimTrek 60k Swim, A November Challenge
- Lewis Pugh Starts After The Hudson Swim Is Over
- The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
- Lewis Pugh On His Final Stretch Into Manhattan
- Lewis Pugh Swimming with Like-Minded Children, College Students, and Marine Environmentalists
- Lewis Pugh Is Just Starting
- Lewis Pugh Looking Up Going Downstream
- Getting Muddy In The Open Water
- Boris Nowalski Takes To The Sea In Order To Help Save It
- Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
- Race Directors For The Environment
- Julia Washbourne Eco-Swimming Aquapreneur
- Race For Conch Eco-swim
- 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know
- Wild Swim From South Africa's Cape Point To Simonstown
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- 10 More Swimmers Join The Wild Friend's Campaign Trail
