The 6th annual UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change will take place Tuesday, March 27, at the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n
The summit program will begin at 2 p.m., and environmental advocate Alexandra Cousteau will give the keynote presentation entitled \u201cSaving the Planet\u201d at 3 p.m. in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union.<\/p>\n
In 2008, Cousteau, who is the granddaughter of oceanographer and conservationist Jacques-Yves Cousteau, joined dot-com entrepreneur Jonathan Smith to found Blue Legacy International. The Washington, D.C.-based organization is a not-for-profit project of The Ocean Foundation that develops and distributes traditional and new media projects that inspire people to take action on critical local and global water issues.<\/p>\n
In June 2010, Cousteau and Smith led their international Expedition Blue Planet team on a non-stop 138-day exploration of water issues across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Traveling on a custom biodiesel production bus, the team collected stories on water management, use and pollution. The project marked National Geographic\u2019s first \u201clive\u201d social media expedition.<\/p>\n
In addition to filming footage of North American water stories, the expedition teamed up with local water organizations along the way to host community-action days and collaborated with Grammy-winning singer Melissa Etheridge for five concerts focused on water.<\/p>\n