On my voyages around the world, I have witnessed firsthand how nature has changed. The biodiversity has narrowed and continues to do so; there are fewer birds, fewer fish, fewer sea mammals. All the trash in the sea and the smog above the shipping routes are giving a strong signal.
As someone who loves nature and the sea, and also speaking as a grandfather, I want to take action to preserve this beautiful planet for generations to come. In my future projects, I want to work in cooperation with companies and organizations that are part of the solution, not part of the problem. I want to promote innovations, concrete solutions, and ways as to what we can do, to keep our planet clean, diverse, and viable.
We still have time to put it right!
Britain just closed it's last coal burning power plant, having halved the CO2 emissions since 1990s. Some coastal ecosystems have recuperated since restrictions on fishing have been introduced. Technology offers us solutions, also political decisions and changes in legislation is having and will have an impact. If there is a will, there is a way.
But at the same time - time is runnng short. Quote from the Conclusions of the attached Oxforf Academic report:"Despite six IPCC reports, 28 COP meetings, hundreds of other reports, and tens of thousands of scientific papers, the world has made only very minor headway on climate change, in part because of stiff resistance from those benefiting financially from the current fossil-fuel based system. We are currently going in the wrong direction, and our increasing fossil fuel consumption and rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving us toward a climate catastrophe." Take your time and study the facts.
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
academic.oup.com
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled
Sain kunnian kertoa tarinoitani Valtakunnallisilla Yrittäjäpäivillä. Haasteiden voittamisessa maalla ja merellä on paljon yhtymäkohtia - intohimo, läksyjen tekeminen ja sitoutunut tiimi ovat avaimia. Vaikeuksia ja epäonnistumisia ei pidä pelätä, "it's about how well you bounce!".
Tunnelma 1400 yrittäjän gaalaillallisella oli kouriintuntuvan optimistinen ja isänmaallinen menestyneitä yrittäjiä palkittaessa. Heidän lisäkseen myös työministeri Arto Satonen sai standing ovationin - työelämän uudistusten myötä suomalaiset yrittäjät ovat pääsemässä samalle viivalle eurooppalaisten kilpailijoidensa kanssa. Huoli kansantaloutemme kuntoon saamisesta on suuri ja yhteinen. Ennen orkesterin tuloa lavalle laulettiin yhteislauluna Maamme-laulu:).
Kiitos mielenkiintoisista illalliskeskusteluista Tiina ja Michael Wangell, Jussi Järventaus et al.
Kiitos kutsusta Skoda & Suomen Yrittäjät.
So proud of you, bro 🇫🇮
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-k71halyqI
Only through global cooperation will we be able to stop this development. Many encouraging results have been obtained and many solutions are available, but much more needs to be done. Proud and thankful for the cooperation with our partner companies and organizations who all are part of the solution on our way towards a safe, digital, carbon neutral circular economy.
Well, I just read that webshops like chinese temu and schein is freighting buyed goods all around the globe with 88 cargoplanes. EVERY DAY!!! SICK!
Quite exactly two years ago I had the narrowest escape in my life, when about two weeks into the Golden Globe Race I didn't wake up to my three alarms after having passed out exhausted of having been awake for over 30 hrs for the landfall & interview between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. I woke up six hours later as the movement of the boat had changed in the cross seas and realized that the wind had backed and I was sailing dead (almost literally) downwind towards the cliffs of the southern tip of Fuerteventura only ca 200 m ahead of Asteria with the genoa poled out. One unsuccessful tack and below Ville Norra's computer image of Asteria accelerating towards the cliffs for the second attempt in which I managed to tack the boat to port tack only a couple boatlengths from the rocks and breaking seas. Read the full story in my book "Selviytyjä", soon to be translated also into English.
Looking forward to the English version!
Jane and I were monitoring this track on the YB tracker with some concern ....which you can still see on the live tracker on the GGR 2022 website.....if you run it back on video replay...and we immediately sent a message to Tapio to his onboard tracker when it was clear he was headed into a dead end.. 🙁...in 2026 GGR a special loud electronic alarm clock will be approved for use...
I never knew that a fellow skipper came close to experiencing my disaster.I'm saying my yard on the rocks in Fuenteventura
So happy with my decision to go down the East side of Fuerteventura. Also pulled away from Abhilash who went to the West. Safe travels to all at sea
Wow … fuerteventura could have caught 2 GGR boats
That's when am engine is needed
Thank goodness you were safe otherwise I wouldn’t have had the pleasure of sailing with you in Punta del Este 🥰
Siis onko tuo aito kuva tilanteesta? Miten se on otettu?
You had better luck than Alex Thomason did in Route du Rhum where he ran ashore at Guadeloupe
Having read the book I have to say it's a must for every sailor.
Tykkäys selviytymiselle, ei tilanteelle.
Can’t wait your book’s translation in English 🤗
That is really a narrow escape! And what people say, solo isn't always safe...
So much we as observers never realized. Excited to read your book.
Bloody hell Tapio Lehtinen! Ville Norra how on earth did you get that shot??
Whew, great tack Tapio 🥂
Huh,huh ihokarvat nousee pystyyn kun yritänkin asettua asemaasi tuossa tilanteessa. Varjelus ollut matkassasi ja toiset sanoo sitä tuuriksi. jokainen olkoon asiasta omaa mieltään.
And with the Genoa poled out not so simple to tackle away …
et oui quand on navigue fatigué proche au vent d'une cote , il faut vraiment pas dormir , , il faut etre toujours trés prudent ou des alarm puissant pour se réveiller
Seems scary, but I have ever since it happened thought it must be the scariest experience you could have that day in November 22 when your beautiful Asteria found her way to the bottom of the sea.
Huhhuh, joo ihmettelinkin sitä trackerin viivaa silloin. Noinko läheltä tosiaan piti?!
Oops!
Ups...close call ⛵️👈
OGR 2023 -kilpailusta kertova "Kippari Lehtinen ja uusi sukupolvi"-kirja ilmestyy 23.10. Kirja perustuu Tapion lokikirjan ohella koko tiimin päiväkirjamerkintöihin. Nyt tilaamalla ehtii isänpäiväksi tai pukin konttiin.
Tilaamalla ennakkoon tämän linkin kautta kirja.fi/discount/KIPPARI20?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fkippari-lehtinen-ja-uusi-sukupolvi-9789520460358 saat "Kippari Lehtinen ja uusi sukupolvi" -kirjan 20-prosentin alennuksella. Kirjan toimitukset ilmestymispäivänä 23. lokakuuta.
Saman linkin kautta voit tilata myös 2022 GGR -kilpailusta ja Asterian uppoamisesta kertovan "Selviytyjä"-kirjan. Ja löytyy sieltä itse asiassa vielä 2018 GGR -kisasta kertova "Yksin seitsemällä merellä" -kirjakin:)
Will there be an English version also?
Cannot wait to have it in English!
Brigitte Georges super fan de l'OGR 2023
Hienoa! Kirjaa odotellessa. Spurs.
Brigitte Georges Le ivre sera écrit en français?