On Sunday 2nd June it’s the launch of the Trail to Salamanca – an initiative developed to carry the messages for the 10th World Wilderness Congress – WILD10 – in Salamanca, Spain, 4-10 October 2013. The launch at 11:00 will be hosted by Musée d’Histoire des Sciences 128 rue de Lausanne, in Geneva. An official ceremony will be held with a list of different speakers from Geneva, Spain, Germany, South Africa and the United States explaining the background of WILD10 and how it links up with the Museum and the Geneva Region.
Photo above courtesy – Wild 10
Following the ceremony, Geoff Dalglish – a well-known journalist and long-distance hiker from South Africa will start his 2,500 km walk from Geneva to Salamanca across mountains, through valleys, along rivers and across plains in France and northern Spain. During this walk, Geoff Dalglish will report back from the work of different organizations along the route with examples of how making Europe a wilder place has already started to happen and how this benefits both nature and people.