The Robert Swan Voyage for Cleaner Energy yacht, 2041, is scheduled to dock in Cape Town Waterfront on Thursday 24 May at 16h00 – weather permitting and is en-route to the 2012 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 20 June 2012.
Earth Summit 2012 will be the fourth Summit of its kind and represents a milestone in ongoing international efforts to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable development globally.
2041, a company dedicated to the preservation of the Antarctic was founded by Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS – the first person to walk to both Poles.
In 2002, at the 2nd World Summit on sustainability held in Johannesburg, World Leaders gave Robert Swan a global 10 year mission: to inspire young people, industry, and business on the issues of energy conservation, renewable energy, and to promote the positive roles individuals and business can play in the road to world sustainability. Robert will report back at the June 2012 World Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Yacht ’2041? and the Voyage for Cleaner Energy were born from this mission to inspire people throughout the world.
The Voyage for Cleaner Energy yacht relies on a bank of eight solar panels, two wind vanes, a biodiesel fueled engine and alcohol stove to run all the electronics, fridge, freezer and leisure items onboard. At scheduled stops the Voyage for Cleaner Energy yacht takes school and other interest groups onboard for a short sail and point out the energy saving measures onboard that allow them to live off grid.
The yacht is en-route from her last unscheduled port of call, Port Elizabeth, where Skipper Conor Fogerty and crew were royally treated and picked up additional sponsorship to help them with their mission. Let’s hope that Cape Town can do the same or better.
Swan wrote the book – The Earth’s Last Wilderness – A Quest to Save Antarctica.
