Usain Bolt and Colin Jackson join to the project

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London (UK). The Zeitz Foundation has a vision - an ecosphere maintained in the healthiest possible state; driven by the realization that we all have a role to contribute to the positive change needed to move towards a more sustainable world.

Inspired by conservationists, scientists and artists, the Zeitz Foundation continues to collaborate with leading personalities in these fields, to ensure that the Foundation has the knowledge and the resources to tackle the complex challenges it wants to address.
By promoting innovative and holistic initiatives, the Zeitz Foundation responds and reacts to the disheartening realization that unless practical and tangible solutions are developed, the world and all that is life sustaining, will perish.

The Zeitz Foundation aims to achieve the highest standard of sustainability by maintaining a balance of conservation, community, culture and commerce. To pursue this challenge the Zeitz Foundation has launched The Long Run - a practical approach to a sustainable way of living. It is applicable to everyone, achievable by everyone and it starts now.

The Long Run represents all the people in the world already making daily decisions to build a more sustainable world and encourages others to join and start thinking and acting for tomorrow.

The Long Run believes in the need to connect with, and develop, sustainable ecologically and socially responsible projects around the world. Nine global destinations are already sharing this vision embodying what it is to provide and build sustainable enterprises, community development and cultural stewardship, by taking into account the needs of the land and the people.

Certification scheme to become Global Ecosphere Retreats, (G.E.R Certified) ensuring that the best practices in sustainability are adhered to and new approaches experimented with.

Spanning five continents, the nine destinations are situated in diverse ecosystems, are home to endangered species, provide reforestation programmes, generate income for local families, and promote cultural diversity; not to mention offering guests a truly unique and extraordinary stay, in the safe knowledge that their time there will be with a minimal impact on the environment.

The Long Run Destinations are just the start of this initiative. The aim is to take the Foundation’s vision of sustainability to a practical level, to ensure that our appreciation for all that’s good in the world now, is maintained and developed. Thelongrun.com will be the platform for this positive and sustainable change. It will create a portal of knowledge, a community to exchange ideas and the opportunity to start thinking for The Long Run.

The Long Run reaches into all of us to recognise our personal responsibility and contribution and offers encouragement and resources to do so. The Long Run is a call for common sense, a place where humans and nature work as one, and a way forward for today, tomorrow and forever.

The Long Run is a sensible, honest and positive approach to life

The Long Run is how to see, think and act beyond the day

The Long Run is sustainability in action