I Love Earth
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I Love Earth is a non-profit environmental organisation founded by Australian Actress Liana Werner-Gray
Liana Werner-Gray
Liana Lee Werner-Gray is an Australian model and actress best known for her role on The Man In The Maze.- Personal life :...

 in 2009 dedicated to improving the health of the earth. I Love Earth Ambassadors travel to schools worldwide to bring environmental awareness to school children. It works to foster relationships between the community, to bring environmental awareness to school children about a carbon footprint
Carbon footprint
A carbon footprint has historically been defined as "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person.". However, calculating a carbon footprint which conforms to this definition is often impracticable due to the large amount of data required, which is...

 and to address the environmental issues of waste, water and climate change. Since its inception, I Love Earth has grown to become worldwide with schools globally being involved.

History

The organisation was a response to Liana Werner-Gray's nomination of Miss Earth
Miss Earth
Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....

 Australia 2009. Werner-Gray created I Love Earth in Australia and visited the schools herself to give a 20 minute interactive speech to the students. I Love Earth is now global with ambassadors in several countries.

Organisational structure

A I Love Earth Ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

 will travel to the schools in their country and give a 30 minute interactive environmental speech with the students. The I Love Earth speech includes awareness of what a carbon footprint is and how it can be reduced. The goal is to reduce the amount of carbon emissions entering the atmosphere. I Love Earth is designed to encourage school students to participate in I Love Earth as an everyday activity. Hundreds of students get involved once an I Love Earth Ambassador visits a school, learning about the impact of waste on the environment, carbon footprints and how they can make a difference to their local community by planting trees and reducing their carbon footprint.

Global Ambassadors

  • Liana Werner-Gray
    Liana Werner-Gray
    Liana Lee Werner-Gray is an Australian model and actress best known for her role on The Man In The Maze.- Personal life :...

     - Australia
  • Dana Steddy
    Dana Steddy
    Dana Steddy is an Australian businesswoman. She is the CEO and inventor of Miracle Wash Laundry Balls. Steddy is the sponsor for I Love Earth founder Liana Werner-Gray who created The Earth Diet.-Biography:...

     - Western Australia
    Western Australia
    Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

  • Alice Eklund - Sweden
  • Aisirich Engblom - Sweden
  • Joshua Schulman -USA

Countries involved

  • Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

  • Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

  • USA
  • New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

  • South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

  • United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

  • Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...


Schools involved

  • Bradshaw Primary School
  • Cleve Area School
  • Crossroads School
    Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)
    Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences is a K-12 independent, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States. The school is a member of the G20 Schools Group.-History:...

  • Gillen Primary School
  • OLSH Primary
  • OLSH Secondary

Partners

  • A major partner of I Love Earth is Dana Steddy
    Dana Steddy
    Dana Steddy is an Australian businesswoman. She is the CEO and inventor of Miracle Wash Laundry Balls. Steddy is the sponsor for I Love Earth founder Liana Werner-Gray who created The Earth Diet.-Biography:...

     the CEO and inventor of Miracle Wash Laundry Balls.
  • The Earth Diet
    The Earth Diet
    The Earth Diet is a lifestyle designed by actress and former beauty queen Liana Werner-Gray. Although the original purpose of the lifestyle is to focus on the abundance of what the earth provides naturally, word of the diet spread and quickly gained popularity as a means to lose weight and reduce...

    a lifestyle of eating only foods naturally provided by the earth. Living a simple and sustainable lifestyle.
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