Environment and Charity
Durie is a passionate advocate for environmental conservation. He was invited and then trained with former US Vice President Al Gore as a Climate Change Presenter (now named Climate Reality), launched Clean up the World Day with The UN in New York, and is an Ambassador for Greenpeace, Australian Conservation Foundation, Planet Ark and National Tree Day. He also hosted the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Spirituality and Sustainability Forum with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and is an ambassador and former board member of the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation, Sydney. Jamie is also an ambassador for the Forest Stewardship Council and Earth Hour.
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