Greta Thunberg becomes a sailor. He will reach America with a boat

The world’s most famous 16-year-old, Greta Thunberg, is set to become a sailor. The young Swedish champion of the planet’s ecological turnaround wants to travel to the United States on Sept. 23 to New York to attend the U.N. Climate Summit, and then in December she plans to travel to Chile to take part in Cop 25 (United Nations Climate Change) from Dec. 2-13.

ONLY SOLUTION THE SAILBOAT
The question is how Greta will get to the new continent from Europe. It does not take planes (polluting bombs) and ships (they are the main causes of ocean pollution). There is a solution: to go to America by sailing: it will be quite a challenge for me,” said the Swede. “I don’t know exactly how I will do it yet. But I am sure I will succeed even though I am not very good at sailing.” After these statements from him, free passages, such as Sail to the Cop, rained down.

REACHING AMERICA WITH A GULET
This is an environmental organization based in Amsterdam that will depart with a schooner by the end of September from Spain to South America, landing in Uruguay and then heading overland (train or bus strictly) to Santiago, Chile, where Cop 25 is being held. To carry out this sailing, which will last eight weeks, those at Sail to the Cop have activated a crowdfunding effort with the goal of reaching 30,000 euros (so far they have raised about 12,000 euros).

OR WITH A BOAT OF HIS OWN
Rumors close to Greta say the Swedish girl is even planning to retrieve a 20-meter sailboat, offered by a sailing enthusiast who is a fan of hers, and cross the Atlantic Ocean with a group of young people from the movement she is promoting. One thing is for sure, Greta is joining the sailing people, ecologists by definition. He will discover the world’s most environmentally friendly means of transportation, sailing. Driven only by the wind. As echoic as it gets!

(Image source: Anders Hellberg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greta_Thunberg_01.jpg)

Talk about eco sailors! The “No Plastic” contest organized by Medplastic, the association of the Journal of Sailing and Powerboats for the preservation of the Mediterranean, has begun: here’s how to participate, help save the sea and win lots of prizes!

HOW THE NO PLASTIC CONTEST 2019 WORKS

• You have from now until the end of September to take a photo (or record a video) every time you see, collect or prevent litter at sea.
• Send it to the @giornaledellavela inbox on Instagram (or post it to the Medplastic Team Facebook group): remember to include where and when the photo was taken (or video shot) and to include the hashtags #medplastic and #savethemed.
• The image and videos will be posted on the Sail Newspaper’s Instagram profile, and from the photos with the most “likes,” the GdV jury will choose the best three. The authors will be honored at the 2020 TAG Heuer VELAFestival!

Among all those who send us their photo testimonials documenting the collection of floating garbage at sea, or on the beach, we will reward the three most “active” ones.

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