E nhorabuena recognition and today we get our friend Konomi Kikuchi, receiving the Award for Women's Creativity Rural Environment, awarded by the Foundation Women's World Summit for their support to the environment, will be waiting for this December 12 to receive as it deserves, here the article:
Walking tirelessly to change the environment.
From his childhood, his passion for exploration led to Konomi Kikuchi (44) to open the way for other women. Greatly affected by the suicide of her first husband, she decided to turn their tragedy into something that could serve everyone.
During a long walk with your completed 1000 kms second husband, Paul Coleman, Kikuchi planted trees throughout China, Korea and Japan. On this walk thousands of people met and shared with them profound messages about the environment. His action was widespread in China and his experience was widely discussed in the media, encouraging other countries to receive it. Sometimes had to sleep in the open in freezing temperatures, was hungry for the first time and faced constant physical pain. But he always walked with courage and with a smile despite the difficulties.
online community created a "Walking across the globe, planting trees, which drew thousands. Kikuchi walked another 3300 kms for 11 months Taijin Hong Kong (China), during which people from different countries (Britain, New Zealand, Japan, China) joined her. During this trip he witnessed the difficult living conditions of women and children in China and was very dismayed by the negative health effects caused by water pollution in Shandong Province, where water the river where the women wash vegetables and bathe the children were highly contaminated by chemicals from factories and fecal matter. Kukuchi organized protests to present documentaries on the environment in China and proposed durable solutions.
currently works with her husband in an isolated region of the Chilean Patagonia in a draft housing using alternative methods. The devastating earthquake that affected the country in early 2010 underscores the importance of appropriate techniques Kikuchi and her husband are teaching people that allows them to build sound and inexpensive housing.
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