John Kelly & Maite Itoiz

Prominenten Beistand  für die Amazonas-Rettungsinitiative des WWF

Das Künstlerpaar John Kelly und Maite Itoiz wurde Ende August 2007 während einer internationalen Amazonien-Konferenz in Sao Paolo offiziell zu Amazonas-Botschaftern des WWF ernannt. Die Ernennung fand im Rahmen einer zweiwöchigen Brasilienreise des ehemaligen Frontmanns der Kelly-Family und der baskischen Sängerin statt, die sie unter anderem in das WWF-Projektgebiet Juruena Nationalpark führte.

Während ihrer Reise haben sich die beiden Musiker gemeinsam mit WWF-Mitarbeitern einen Eindruck von der Bedrohung dieser faszinierenden „Schatzkammer der Natur“ verschafft. Beide sind sich seit dieser Reise sicher, dass sie sich weiter gemeinsam mit dem WWF für die Rettung Amazoniens einsetzen werden!

Der WWF freut sich sehr darüber, zwei so sympathische Amazonas-Botschafter gewonnen zu haben und wünscht Ihnen für Ihre Karriere viel Erfolg!

Nach ihrer Rückkehr verfassten die beiden Künstler eine Botschaft an Ihre Fans

For several days, even some weeks, we were waking up at night thinking that we still were in Amazonas and we must say that we are still a little bit in a shock state. What we saw is that the lungs of the planet have a heavy cancer and if we don't operate soon, there will be no chemo therapy that can heal this. How much time is there left? Will we see the end, or maybe our sons and daughters? Amazonas is our own breathing system, ours, from the whole planet Earth. Amazonas is right there, not as far as we think, and it is more than real, not a cold picture in TV. While we were walking in the green rain forest, we had the feeling of being observed by the own forest, the plants were touching us, not the other way round, we were the aliens over there. You feel such energy! You feel embraced by your own mother and seriously, when we were flying over burning forests, we could almost see green hands coming out of the trees, like an “Ents’ forest”, crying, asking for help to us, the only witnesses from above. They cannot move, they are hooked to the ground, they are mute victims, and while they are in fire, burning, it feels like they are looking at us, just observing us, and waiting for their end.   What we experienced there was new for us, it was too much for our sensitive hearts. But also, we discovered that every single person living in this planet has the power to do something about it. If each one of us puts a little tiny bit from our side the results can be huge! We are many altogether!   And we honestly think that WWF and its enthusiastic members are doing a great job. Please, visit their web site or contact them to see how you can help.

John Kelly & Maite Itoiz