Roz Savage: from Big Ben to Brussels by foot

Friday, 20 November 2009 12:40

The British born Roz Savage who is an ocean rower and an environmentalist, on Friday set off to walk 200 miles from Big Ben in London to Brussels with four friends, where she will join the United Nations Climate Express for the rest of the journey to Copenhagen.

During the walk, Roz Savage and her friends, Jane Hornsby, Alison Garnnett, Nora McDevitt and Laura Hazell will gather signatures on inflatable “earth” balls, which will be delivered at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference as a petition calling on delegates to take decisive action on climate change.

If we all pull together, we CAN save the world!

Roz and her friends encourage everybody to join them – for an hour, for half a day, for a whole day or even for the entire trip. For further information on the route and updates visit her website on http://rozsavage.com/.

If you cannot join Roz and her friends physically, you can support her online by going for a walk wherever you are; by signing up for the environmental mission, Pull Together; by walking more and driving less; and by matching the 10,000 oar strokes Roz does every day on the ocean by walking 10,000 steps a day and sharing your result online.

Biography of Roz Savage


Besides being an ocean rower, Roz Savage is an author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. She has rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean and is attempting to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific. In 2005, she competed in the 3,000-mile Atlantic Rowing Race, the first solo woman ever to compete in that race and the sixth woman to row solo across an ocean. In 2008 she became the first woman to row solo from California to Hawaii. In 2009 she continued her Pacific bid by rowing from Hawaii to Kiribati. The third and final stage of her Pacific row takes place in Spring 2010, when she will attempt to row from Kiribati to Australia.

Roz Savage is a United Nations Climate Hero, a trained presenter for Al Gore’s Climate Project, and an Athlete Ambassador for 350.org. She is supported by the Dot Eco campaign and the Blue Planet Foundation. Her Pacific row is a project of the Blue Frontier Campaign and she is an Ambassador for the BLUE Project.

Source: http://www.rozsavage.com/