62: Storytelling to Fight Climate Change - Sacha Dench aka ”The Human Swan”

Sacha Dench is a conservationist, adventurer and motivational speaker.

She has spoken to audiences from school groups to a president, and recent awards include the 2018 Britannia Trophy for the most meritorious performance in aviation (previously awarded to Sir Richard Branson and the Red Arrows and not won by a woman since 1967), a Woman of the Year 2017 and the Environment Campaign of the Year 2017 among others. She also holds the record for the First Channel Crossing by Paramotor for a woman.

Her groundbreaking expedition ‘Flight of the Swans’ saw her flying by paramotor from Arctic Russia across 11 countries to the UK to help save the Bewick’s swan, and has won her and her team awards for aviation, conservation and communication.

Sacha joins us on Impact Hustlers to talk about her upcoming mission, the Round Britain Climate Challenge. In this adventure, Sacha will attempt to break two Guinness world records by flying around the coast of Britain on an electric paramotor.

Highlights of this episode:
- How Sacha went from a childhood in the remote Australian bushes to embrace a life of adventure
- How a near-death experience in a small aeroplane got her into aviation.
- Lessons learned from her journey on a paramotor from the Russian arctic to the UK
- How losing her family home in Australia to the bushfires inspired Sacha to take action on Climate Change
- Her upcoming adventure & how Sacha is planning to break two Guinness World Records.

Support Sacha's mission on Crowdfunder:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/round-britain-climate-challenge

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