Fri, Feb 04, 2011
New Program Highlights Aviation Industry's Environmental
Progress
In a presentation at the Wichita Aero Club luncheon
Thursday, the Lindbergh Foundation announced the Aviation Green
Alliance ("AGA"); a new program that brings stakeholders together
to address aviation's environmental challenges.
According to Lindbergh Foundation Chairman Larry Williams, "The
Aviation Green Alliance has been formed to support aviation-related
companies and individuals committed to proactively addressing
matters regarding aviation and the environment. With a stated
mission that includes 'Encouraging solutions, acknowledging
progress and communicating ideas,' the Aviation Green Alliance will
create multiple platforms for members to share strategies,
findings, progress, and ideas related to addressing aviation's
environmental challenges." Williams added, "It's important for the
world to know that manufacturers, operators, service companies, and
individuals in aviation are quite actively involved in making
measurable, scalable and valuable environmental progress."
Foundation Directors John and Martha King noted that, "There's
no question as to the value that aviation brings to our quality of
life. In recent years, we have been very pleased to see so
many aviation companies working diligently albeit quietly to
address aviation's impact on the environment. In creating the
Aviation Green Alliance, the Lindbergh Foundation offers this
coalition of concerned companies and individuals, a central and
public place for exchanging information and discoveries that
benefit all aviation-environmental work."
The Aviation Green Alliance offers:
- Up-to-date aviation-environmental news and information.
- Grant funding for the discovery and development of new and
promising technologies.
- Recommended Practices for achieving measurable aviation-related
conservation and sustainability initiatives.
- Educational programs and outreach showcasing industry progress
and successes in addressing aviation's environmental
footprint.
- Recognition of member successes.
Reeve Lindbergh (pictured, above), Honorary Chairman of the
Lindbergh Foundation, stated that the Aviation Green Alliance is a
step in the right direction for the Foundation formed and named in
her parents' honor. "My mother wrote that 'power over life must be
balanced by reverence for life.' My father once said that if he had
to choose, he would rather have birds than airplanes. I think that
both my father and my mother would be pleased with this innovative
technology and all that it promises for birds and airplanes alike -
and for all of us."
Leading the concept work and development of Aviation Green
Alliance for the Lindbergh Foundation Board, Director David Treinis
explained that the Foundation is accepting both general membership
and "Founder's Level" participation.
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