27.04.2021 |
Organic Champions Honored at the One World Award
The 2021 international One World Award (OWA) was successfully held virtually, with the event live streamed from Legau, Germany. The
OWA honours people and their projects that make the world a better place; dedicated people who give positive and innovative examples of globalisation - people who make the future worth living. At the same time IFOAM - Organics International honors persons who have dedicated their lives to promoting organic, with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
The vibrant virtual ceremony kicked off with a welcome message from Joseph Wilhelm, the initiator of the One World Award and Managing Director of Rapunzel Naturkost and Peggy Miars, the President of IFOAM - Organics International. They both stressed the need to continue supporting sustainable and innovative initiatives from all over the world; a statement that was echoed in a keynote address from German Federa
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By Sergio Adrian Angeles
Queretaro, Mexico, Dec 25 (efe-epa).- Martha Isabel “Pati” Ruiz Corzo, proclaimed “Mexico’s Hero” by Global Citizen for her tireless defense of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, tells Efe that she is deeply concerned about the health of the environment in her country.
At 67, she continues directing the organization she founded more than three decades ago to advocate for the mountainous reserve and its communities, Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda.
The protected area encompasses the northern third of the central Mexican state of Queretaro and part of neighboring Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosi.
The highest peak in the Sierra Gorda range rises 3,100 m (10,163 ft) above sea level.