Leonard Dicaprio is named a Messenger of Peace by United Nations.
By Roxanne Bowers
Leonardo DiCaprio’s accomplishments include two Golden Globes, five Academy Award nominations and numerous efforts in environmental conservation. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation recently announced they have marked over $15 million in grant money donated to environmental conservation organizations.
This $15 million donation is one of many in DiCaprio’s multi-year efforts towards protecting the environment. The grant money will go to over 30 different organizations that are working to protect the environment. “The destruction of our planet continues at a pace we can no longer afford to ignore,” he said.
DiCaprio’s efforts towards conservation don’t just include donations. DiCaprio owns several electric cars, has solar panels on his home and contributed to the environmental documentary, the 11th Hour, in which he says global warming is “the number-one environmental challenge.” The Leonardo DiCaprio foundation has helped to fund over 10 conservation projects in over 40 different countries and he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace last year. DiCaprio continues to work to protect the environment and says he is, “…proud to support these organizations who are working to solve humankind’s greatest challenge.”
