Turtle Hero Wins Blue Vision Youth Award
March 8, 2009
Washington, DC. Hundreds of Blue Visionaries gathered in the nation’s capital to build on the movement to protect the world’s ocean, share the latest in ocean research, conservation successes and political and media strategies and honor some ocean champions. Among those honored was Zander Srodes, an 18 year old sea turtle hero who has tirelessly
worked on the endangered animals’ behalf since he was eleven.
Zander’s accomplishment include giving countless presentations to school groups, authoring a free kids’ book in two languages with 100,000 copies in print , guiding youth to see turtles first hand, and raising over $150,000 for the cause, all donated to worthy conservation projects.
Zander was presented with the Peter Benchly Blue Vision Youth Award by Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, founder of Ocean Revolution. The award is named after the famed author of Jaws. Benchly was a staunch ocean advocate and avid waterman.
“We need to help young people to fall in love with nature, eventhough it may break their hearts. Zander is an example of what can happen when one’s passion for the ocean is ignited,” said Dr. Nichols.
The Blue Vision Summit, founded by David Helvarg, is held in Washington, D.C. each year. Other presenters included Phillipe Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, Bill McKibben, Representative Sam Farr, Ocean Artist Wyland and author Carl Safina.
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