This week Global Supermodel and ‘World’s Greenest Celebrity’, Gisele Bündchen travels to Kenya and experiences, first-hand, the reality of energy poverty, as part of the Energy for All 2030 project. This visit has been organised by Practical Action, official communications partner for the 2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Foundation.
The visit has a particular focus on the ways in which African women and girls are transforming their lives and livelihoods through access to sustainable energy. Gisele will have the opportunity to witness Practical Action’s work on small-scale energy solutions ranging from micro-hydro and wind to bio-gas and fuel-efficient stoves.
Designed to focus on both ‘need’ and ‘solutions’, the visit aims to arm Gisele with the power to speak passionately and persuasively on energy access for development, encouraging decision makers to take ‘practical action’.