Thank you for making The Water’s Edge 2011 a success!
Each year the Stroud™ Water Research Center hosts its annual fundraising gala in celebration of our most precious resource — water.
This special evening allows us to bring together our friends and neighbors whose support is critical to our endeavors.
Proceeds from the evening support Stroud™ Water Research Center’s freshwater research and education programs.
Director Bern Sweeney presenting Olivia Newton-John and John Easterling with the first Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence. Photo: Andrea Monzo Photography taken at Longwood Gardens.
Olivia Newton-John and husband, John Easterling, were awarded the Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence by the Stroud Water Research Center at “The Water’s Edge” gala at Longwood Gardens in the suburbs of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, October 11, 2011, with over 200 guests attending.
Olivia Newton-John and John Easterling, also known as “Amazon John,” are both staunch supporters of rainforest conservation and known for work in conserving the Amazon River watershed — the largest in the world.
Newton-John and Easterling 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.
Easterling is the founder and owner of the Amazon Herb Company which makes products from the natural ingredients found in the Amazon rainforest and provides support to many indigenous communities in the Amazon. Olivia Newton-John is best known as a singer, actress and supporter of cancer research and rainforest conservation.
Read more about the The Stroud Award of Freshwater Excellence™ »
Past Guest Speakers at The Water’s Edge™
- 2010 Peter Gleick
- Co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute
- Author, MacArthur Fellow, and member of the US National Academy of Sciences
- http://www.pacinst.org/about_us/staff_board/gleick/
- 2009 Ian Hutton
- Island naturalist and conservationist, researcher, ecotourism pioneer
- Keeper of the UNESCO World Heritage site, Lord Howe Island
- http://www.lordhowe-tours.com.au/about.htm
- 2008 Flip Nicklin
- National Geographic contributing photographer
- Founder, The Whale Trust
- http://www.whaletrust.org/about/people_advisors.html
- 2007 Kristine Tompkins
- Former CEO of Patagonia, Inc.
- Founder, Conservación Patagónica
- Founder, Conservation Land Trust
- http://www.theconservationlandtrust.org/esp_chile/main_staff.htm
- 2006 Wangari Maathai
- Founder, The Green Belt Movement
- Recipient 2004 Nobel Peace Prize
- http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/
- 2005 William McDonough
- Architect and founding principal of William McDonough + Partners
- 2007 Time magazine “Hero of the Environment”
- http://www.mcdonough.com/full.htm
- 2004 Dr. Sylvia Earle
- Marine biologist
- National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/sylvia-earle.html
- 2003 Jane Goodall
- Primatologist
- Founder of The Jane Goodall Institute
- http://www.janegoodall.org/
