ne Planet Lifestyle - WWF-India

Meet Gael – WWF’s green guinea pig!Gael Leopold is a Corporate Relations Manager at WWF International in Switzerland. He is also trying to help make WWF asenvironmentally-friendly as possible. Here he gives an insight into what he is doing to reduce his own ecological footprint.“When I moved into my new flat, the first thing I did was to ask mylandlord to subscribe to a green electricity provider. Then I changed allthe bulbs to energy efficient ones, installed an air-flow shower head andbought segregated bins.”“The train system in Switzerland is great as it runs very frequently andeven goes to remote villages which makes it easy for me to not own a car.When people come to visit me, I sometimes rent a car from a car sharingcompany or we rent bikes. I may buy a car next year but first I need topersuade a few local restaurants to give me their used vegetable oil.”“For ethical and environmental reasons I became vegetarian a few yearsago. In some countries like France I often end up eating only Margaritapizzas and when I visit people the discussions about vegetarianismalways bring interesting reactions.”“It took me a bit of time to know what to do to reduce my ecologicalfootprint and I still make mistakes but now things are much smoother andI don’t really feel like I am making any effort.”“For holidays I try to go to places reachable by train. With two friends,we just came back from Corsica where we went by train, walking andhitch hiking. It was a great trip with lots of unexpected encounters. Thissummer we also went for a few days hike in the Alps.”“When I can’t avoid flying for work, I try to make the most out of it taking afew days off to visit and enjoy the places where I go.”Gael Leopold behind the wheel of an air-powered car.Watch him attempt to drive it at:www.youtube.com/oneplanetliving31EXITSEARCHPRINTBACKNEXT