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Lefteris Arapakis named Europe’s “Young Champion of the Earth”
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Lefteris Arapakis is one of the seven “Young Champions of the Earth” awarded annually by the United Nations for innovative environmental actions.
The 26-year-old Greek, the only European to be awarded, comes from a family of fishermen. For five generations his family has been active in the rich waters of Southern Greece, fishing for cod and red mullet.
“I got more and more worried about the scarcity of fish and the increase of plastic,” Arapakis said.
“I was deeply concerned that my father, and now my brothers, could not make a living out of this job, which is what they learned to do and what they love to do.”