Hopenhagen Ambassador Contest: Meet The Candidates

UPDATE: We have a winner. With nearly 2,000 votes, some notable endorsements and an inspiring story, David Kroodsma won over the judges and is our Hopenhagen Ambassador and HuffPost citizen journalist in Denmark. Congratulations to the nine other finalists:

• Victor de Salles Brasil Pereira
• Sarah McDonald
• Graeme Somerville
• Kerry Trueman
• Laura Roberts-Niner
• Davina Baratta
• Dr. Toni Bark
• Daniel Heagney
• Laura Tozer

HuffPost in conjunction with Hopenhagen.org is sending one person to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference to both represent concerns of people around the world and to report back daily as a HuffPost citizen journalist. To learn more about the contest and to throw your hat into the ring, check out the Hopenhagen Ambassador info page.

Candidates' videos will be posted below in the order they're received, which means early entrants will be shown on the video slideshow below before those who wait until the last minute to send in their video. We encourage candidates to gather endorsements from notable blogs and environmental organizations that might lend weight to one's candidacy. You'll see the endorsers listed below each candidate's video, which denotes that the organization or blog has publicly supported the candidate by linking to their video page on this slideshow.

Current and perspective candidates can email us here with any questions. Voting ends December 4th at 11:59pm, EST!

David Kroodsma: Pedaling to Hopenhagen

David Kroodsma bicycled 21,000 miles across North and South America to raise awareness of global warming. During this journey, David gave over 150 global warming presentations at schools and community centers, and also appeared in national and international media outlets across the hemisphere. David has a master's degree in climate science, is a published scientist, and has worked as a climate researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science. He has a book about his journey and the impacts of climate change due out in 2010. The book draws on interviews with individuals from the sixteen countries that David biked across. Visit http://www.rideforclimate.com to learn more! David currently works for 350.org and climateride.org.







ENDORSEMENTS: Ciudad Humana -- Ride350 -- 350.org -- WattHead -- Fairer Globalization -- The Atkinson Diet -- Ride for Climate -- Bike to Brazil -- Gregg Bleakney -- It's Getting Hot in Here -- Roz Savage -- The Alliance for Climate Education -- YERT

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