ATHENS ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION (AEF)
PARTNERS WITH ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC ORGANIZERS ON 2004 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ACTION
UNEP TO PARTICIPATE IN OLYMPIC COASTAL CLEAN UP
The ATHENS 2004 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) and the Athens
Environmental Foundation (AEF) have announced that they have partnered in a coastal
underwater clean-up operation on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2004.
Events will include beach and underwater clean-up activities at the Athens Coast, with
participation by Olympic Environmental Ambassador and AEF Board member Jean-Michel
Cousteau, who will be visiting Athens for the third time before the 2004 Olympic Games
and in support of environmental programs related to them.
Cousteau will lead a team of divers to identify and clean up debris in the Olympic
perimeter of the Piraeus Kastella area.
Events will include a beach clean-up effort along the Athens Coast, beach games,
a demonstration by the Hellenic Synchronized Swimming National Olympic Team and the
promotion of several environmental issues.
UNEP has set this year's World
Environment Day Global theme as "Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or Alive?" to raise
awareness about issues related to the marine environment and marine pollution. UNEP
is supporting our joined planned activities and will announce our campaign and event
at their global Press Release for World Environment Day. UNEP Executive Director Klaus
Toepfer will broadcast a message of support via satellite at our evening event on June 5th.
Information about the event in Athens can be found at
UNEP's World Environment Day website page.
UNEP communications director Eric
Falt recently met with AEF Executive Director Tony Diamantidis at AEF's offices in the
San Francisco Bay Area and AEF Director Margaret O'Donnell to formalize and finalize
action related to this event.
Previous to this Eric Falt recently met with AEF Executive Director Tony Diamantidis
in Tokyo during the G-ForSE conference and later in Turin during the IOC World Conference
on Sport and the Environment. Mr. Falt has pledged his support to AEF's Global Olive
Wreath Project. AEF is cooperating with
UNEP to promote a number of programs in honor of the 2004 Olympic games.
UNEP Communications Director ERIC Falt with AEF Director
Margaret O'Donnell at the G-ForSE Conference in Tokyo,
November 14-15 2003. An Olive tree was dedicated at the
event to be planted at the Tokyo Olympic Center in honor
of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and AEF's Global Olive
Wreath Project.
UNEP Communications Director ERIC Falt with AEF Executive
Director Tony Diamantidis at the G-ForSE Conference in Tokyo,
November 14-15 2003. Mr. Falt has pledged his support to AEF's
Global Olive Wreath Project.
UNEP Communications Director Eric Falt with IOC President
Jacques Rogge at the V IOC World Conference on Sport and the
Environment, Dec 2-3, 2003.
AEF Executive Director Tony Diamantidis describes AEF's
programs to UNEP Executive Director Dr. Klaus Toepfer and
AEF Communications Director Eric Falt at the V IOC World
Conference on Sport and the Environment in Turin, Dec. 2-3, 2003.
