'Amazon John' & Olivia Newton-John Easterling
Honored with Prestigious SAFE Water Award™
for Their Role in Amazon Conservation by
Stroud Water Research Center
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 Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence™ awarded to John Easterling and Olivia Newton-John for their support of Amazon conservation by Bernard Sweeney, Ph.D., president of Stroud Water Research Center. |
'Amazon John' and Olivia Newton-John Easterling were recently awarded the Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence™ for their work in conserving the Amazon River watershed -- the largest in the world -- by the Stroud Water Research Center at its annual "Water's Edge" Gala in Philadelphia last week, with over 200 guests attending.
The Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence™, also known as the SAFE Water Award™, is awarded for outstanding achievement to those who contribute broadly to the conservation and protection of fresh water.
John Easterling and Olivia Newton-John are committed to supporting a positive, sustainable future for the Amazon Rainforest and its inhabitants. They are active board members of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation which promotes conservation of the Peruvian Amazon through environmental education programs, supporting basic and applied research, and protecting unique tracts of land in that region.
"We're very excited to be handing out our first award to John Easterling and Olivia Newton-John Easterling for their work in the Amazon and for their work supporting Indigenous cultures and sustainability in the Rainforest," said David Arscott, Assistant Director of the Research Center.
Bernard W. Sweeney, Ph.D., President and Senior Research Scientist at Stroud Water Research Center also ceremoniously announced Stroud's Memorandums of Understanding with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation (ACEER) to further expand and market Stroud's Leaf Pack Kit as a teaching and water-quality assessment tool in schools in North America (NWF), Latin America (ACEER), and eventually worldwide.
Larry Schweiger, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Wildlife Federation was present at the event to celebrate the Stroud relationship, and representing the ACEER, were its President Roger Mustalish and Board Members/Honorees of the evening, John Easterling and Olivia Newton-John.
 Bernard Sweeney Ph.D., president, Stroud Water Research Center with Roger Mustalish, president of ACEER, Olivia Newton-John and John Easterling, board members of ACEER, and Larry Schweiger, president and CEO, National Wildlife Federation |
Stroud Water Research Center seeks to advance the knowledge and stewardship of freshwater through education and research for use in conserving and restoring streams, rivers, and their watersheds around the world. The Center was established in 1967 and is an independent non-profit organization in Avondale, Pennsylvania. For more information visit www.stroudcenter.org.
The National Wildlife Federation is America's largest conservation organization. It works to protect and restore wildlife habitat, confront global warming, and connect its more than 4 million members, partners, and supporters across the country with nature. For more info visit www.nwf.org.
The mission of the ACEER Foundation is to promote conservation of the Peruvian Amazon by fostering awareness, understanding, action, and transformation. For more info visit, www.aceer.org.
Thank you for your continuing support in sharing our vision of a healthier world.
In Health & Prosperity,
Your Amazon Home Team |
Summary of The Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence™ (SAFE)
The Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence (SAFE), also referred to as “The SAFE Water Award,” is a prestigious award for outstanding achievement in fresh water-related activities. The award, which includes a crystal sculpture specially designed and created by Simon Pearce, honors individuals, institutions or organizations whose work contributes broadly to the conservation and protection of freshwater resources and ecosystems, to improving the quantity and quality of fresh water on the planet, or to developing policies and practices which help perpetuate clean fresh water for future generations of humans and wildlife. Honorees represent regions and watersheds from around the world and a broad range of freshwater-related activities, professions, and scientific disciplines. The Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence is typically announced in connection with the Stroud Water Research Center’s annual fundraising event, The Water’s Edge, held at Longwood Gardens in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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Congratulations...We All Won,
And We Have 'Amazon John' to Thank for It! DSA Honors Amazon Herb Company's "Vision for Tomorrow" |
Congratulations and Thank YOU!
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 Amazon Herb Company donated radios and solar cells to enable contact between native communities. For more on Amazon Herb Company's Empowerment efforts click here. |
In the closing moments of their special centennial conference, the DSA recognized Amazon Herb Company for our "Vision for Tomorrow..."
So our deepest gratitude goes out to you, dear friend. We congratulate and thank you for making this all possible.
This recognition results from decades of hard work and passionate dedication on behalf of company founder 'Amazon John' Easterling.
He'll be the first to say that he didn't do it alone...but without his unique passion, his dedication and his unmistakable positivity, literally none of this would have been possible. So please join us in toasting our founder, 'Amazon John' Easterling!
The DSA highlighted our work with the Rio Pisqui Federation and the natives of Porvenir. They also cited our work with the Amazon Center for Environmental Education & Research (ACEER), a foundation dedicated to preserving the Rainforest by empowering the Indigenous tribes of the Amazon and bring educational programs to remote villages in Peru.
Thank you to our Associates whose passion and dedication have helped us share the vision of a healthier, happier future for our Indigenous partners and our planet.
You are our hero.
So keep up the fantastic work. For the Rainforest. For your health. For the world as a whole.
Boyd Jentzsch
President and CEO of Amazon Herb Company |
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The Regional Institute of the Development of Native Communities – IRDECON-GRDS, on behalf of the Indigenous Shipibo Conibo People, convey our recognition and gratitude to Mr. John Easterling, CEO and the Amazon Herb Co. Associates, for the support that they bring to the native indigenous communities in areas such as – obtaining the official recognition of the communal territory (LAND RIGHTS), health, fluvial transport (BOATS), acquisition of communication equipment, sponsoring indigenous radio programming, as well as the commercialization of natural products; all of these directly benefiting the Native Communities of Nuevo Eden, (Río Pisqui), Porvenir, Galilea, Puerto Firmeza, San Francisco, CacoMacaya, Puerto Nuevo and Curiaca.
For all of this, we commend you and are thankful for your humanitarian support and solidarity with the Indigenous People of the Amazon.
UCAYALI REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF
NATIVE COMUNITIES – IRDECON
Glorioso Castro Martinez
Executive Director – IRDECON |
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To my dear friend John Easterling, Amazon Herb Company.
With this letter we express to you our deep gratitude in the name of the communities of the Río Pisqui region, for having given us such significant support with the formation of the Federation of the Native Communities of the Río Pisqui Basin. We have already obtained scholarships of study for the young students of the Pisqui region that we thought we would never obtain.
Thanks to the Federation, we are already beginning to work on the titles for the addition of territory to the communities, which has been one of the fundamental problems for each community. Therefore, we, as indigenous villages, are happy about the support that the Amazon Herb Co. offers and, furthermore, kindly ask that you continue offering us the support to be able to culminate our work.
In the meantime, please accept affectionate greetings and the expression of gratitude of your unconditional friends, always, Hidelfonso del Aguila Flores, President of the Federation, and Lucio Pacho Lopez, Vice President.
Seal of the President, FECONACURPI
Hidelfonso Del Aguila Flores
Technician of Agriculture |
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Nuevo Eden, June 24th, 2006
MR: John Easterling
AMAZON HERB COMPANY
Dear Sir:
As soon as we returned from our business trip to the city of Iquitos, the first thing I am doing is to take the pleasure in writing you these few words of gratitude and to once more express our deepest gratitude for the many attentions received from your worthy company. Words do not suffice to express that your kindness and supportive spirit have eternally sealed our gratitude. Thank you for all that you and your worthy Company have done for us. My only desire and good fortune gave me the opportunity of having you in our Native Communities of the Pisqui River, and I know that we will never be able to repay the exquisite care of which we have been the object.
Your friend Hildefonso Del Aguila Flores, President of the Federation, affectionately greets you. |
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