[sustran] Re: UN "ambassador" for public transport?

[Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory]

Hi,

Nice idea but I think if it is not someone who actually takes public 
transport regularly - and can prove it - it will be counter-productive.  
There might be some stars of the cultural world in New York City who do 
the subway and the taxi... ask your colleagues on First Avenue for some 
helpful hints.

As examples, the actress Drew Barrymore is the UN Goodwill Ambassador 
for the World Food Programme...
Angelina Jolie is the Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for 
Refugees...
Brad Pitt and George Clooney are also Goodwill Ambassadors, though not 
sure for which UN agency...

...aside from the Hollywood people there is this:
<http://www.un.org.eg/ambassdors.htm>

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Penalosa was suggested but everyone else seems to be culture people - I 
suppose because they can be or seem more neutral. Clooney, on the other 
hand is rather Left on some things...

- T

Lew Fulton wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> A UN colleague of mine is interested in exploring finding someone with star
> power who is (or could logically be) an advocate for public transport and
> might be interested in becoming a "UN Ambassador" on the topic.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lew
>
> Lew Fulton
> Program Officer, Sustainable Transport
> Division of GEF Coordination
> UN Environment Programme
> PO Box 30552-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
> tel: +254 20 762 3257 (From Europe and N.America, you can dial via Italy,
> often a better connection: +39 0831 24 3000, wait for voice then dial 124
> 3257)
> fax: +254 20 762 4041/42
> lew.fulton at unep.org
> www.unep.org/gef
>
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