the latest updates with Eco-Sys and in the rest of the world.
The Zoo de Mulhouse booth at Christmas market was beautifully decorated and introduced a full range of selected Eco-6 products. It is currently a fantastic success with people rushing to buy their polar bear toy or other items displayed there. This shows the high interest for people in ecology and confirms polar bears as a tremendous symbol for global warming.
Three eco-attitudes are mentioned for instance on every tag inviting people to take a shower rather than a bath, take the bus or tram, and put a pullover instead of turning up the heater at home. These are three little things that could be multiplied by millions of people and helping polar bears to keep their ice caps which are heavily threatened by global warming.
Eco-Sys Action is one of the main sponsors of the Tand'Afrika, the crossing of Africa with a tandem bike by Adeline Reynouard and Olivier Godin. Boopy will be the official mascot and will follow the tandem during 18 months in 17 countries over 16,000 km, meeting kids and animals on the way.
Named Animodyssey, the idea for Adeline and Olivier is to link endangered species areas as well as some of Eco-Sys Action projects in Africa. It's a great opportunity to reflect on one of the great environmental challenges faced by our planet: the loss of biodiversity.
The adventure will depart from Rambouillet near Paris on January 11, 2009 and you can already follow Boopy on its blog (in French) at http://www.tandafrika.com/boopy
A beautiful show by Danse Plurielle, the dancing school created by Catherine Cadol, dazzles every talk with UNICEF, along with a doctor specializing in AIDS and Eco-Sys Action represented by Valérie Pilard. Valérie delivered a very meaningful talk, talking about the millions of AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa and the Eco-Sys Action program in Kenya for the kids who have lost everything.
Three great initiatives by Caap Aids in Les Pieux and Cherbourg (Manche) have helped connect people with the disastrous situation of AIDS around the world and the need to keep up the fight against this disease.
Handicrafts from Kenya were sold after each event, raising more funds for the Eco-Sys program.