Papua New Guinean climate change activist, Latin N\u2019Drihin, says he will commence an 80-kilometre pilgrimage walk on the eve of World Environment Day Celebrations on Monday 5th of June.<\/p>\n
He will be carrying a 12ft cross from downtown Port Moresby to Sogeri promoting peace with nature.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, he commences the 5-day walk from the Climate Change and Development Authority office in downtown Port Moresby to the Sogeri National High school and return by Friday 9th of June.<\/p>\n
N\u2019Drihin created the \u201cNature Peace Cross\u201d as he calls it to symbolise love, care, respect, peace and understanding of God\u2019s creations.<\/p>\n
The Nature Peace Cross according to N\u2019Drihin, was commissioned by Father Dominic Maka from the Lorengau Catholic Parish in his home province, Manus in 2014.<\/p>\n
According to N\u2019Drihin, the Climate Change and Development Authority has supported his pilgrimage walks for the past six years including this one.<\/p>\n
He says he hope to make the nature peace walk an annual event as an avenue for people to \u201cconnect with nature\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Monday he meets up with officers from Conservation and Environment Protection Authority at the Varirata Park to launch World Environment Day celebrations under the theme \u201cNature to connect\u201d.<\/p>\n
N\u2019Drihin, now in his mid-40s, is widely known in the Pacific, for his radical advocacy campaigns.<\/p>\n
In 2015, he narrowly avoided deportation from Fiji in 2015, when he returned to the country 10 days and close to two kilometres into a similar three-month peace walk.<\/p>\n
In 2012, he attempted to walk 5 million footsteps to raise K11 million in a bid to save the mangrove population in PNG.<\/p>\n
Probably his most radical act yet was turning himself over to police in Manus in 2014 to be locked up, as a statement of support for climate action.<\/p>\n