Hello everyone,
I am sitting here at breakfast watching everyone drag themselves out of bed. Yesterday was an incredibly busy day, as we were trying to set up a meeting with the Norwegian prime minister. Since he had refused email requests from WWF-Norway (he was too busy), we decided it would be fun to send him a little video. So yesterday we threw something together and posted it on youtube, you can check out the email we sent and the video here:
Check it out, the more views it gets the more effective it will be. Other than that, we went out on the zodiacs to a glacier, getting up nice and close. Here we are with the other commonwealth country (England) doing a commonwealth “C”.
Dear Jens Stoltenberg,
We are the students of WWF’s Voyage for the Future, a 10-day boat voyage in Svalbard, Norway. We represent nine countries with vested interests in the Arctic. We have come together because we are concerned about the many issues regarding the Arctic region, including climate change. On our trip, we have come face to face with these problems and discussed many potential solutions that we would like to share with you.
You take a break for summer. Climate change does not. This summer, Arctic sea ice levels are predicted to be the lowest in history by far. Youth in every corner of the world consider climate change to be the defining issue of our time. Thank you so much for your help so far in tackling the climate crisis, particularly your pledge of 15 billion NOK to end deforestation. We propose a meeting with you to discuss your continued role in a sustainable future on Friday, June 20th, before we return home to our respective countries. Would you prefer a meeting for breakfast or lunch? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
The WWF Voyage for the Future:
Maria Waag – Norway
Karl Oskar Teien – Norway
Evanne Nowak – Holland
Michiel Jansen – Holland
Greta Hamann – Germany
Johannes Barthelmess – Germany
Emma Bierman – United Kingdom
Casper ter Kuile – United Kingdom
Jeremy Brammer – Canada
Jayme Collins – Canada
Sven Heijbel – Sweden
Nanny-Maja Anderback –Sweden
Ekatarina Levitskaya – Russia
Dmitry Vladimirov – Russia
Yuriko Murakami – Japan
Shunta Takagi – Japan
Ben Wessel – United States
John Monaghan – United States
A bit pretentious don’t you think.
“Hi, i’m a young adult affiliated with an environmental NGO. Despite my lack of experience or status, I demand the time of a world leader to harp on my particuly issue.”