ECO RACER MÜNTER BRINGS HER MISSION TO LOS ANGELES
Leilani Making Several Stops in LA in February
Los Angeles, CA - (February 16, 2009) - Eco race car driver Leilani Münter is visiting Los Angeles this week to spread her
message that the environmental movement is coming to places you might least expect it, like the racetrack. Below are details on the
events she will be attending:
Münter Showing Los Angeles Students that Math and Science are Cool
El Segundo, CA - (February 16, 2009) Leilani will be participating in Raytheon's MathMovesU Program, celebrating National Engineers Week with nationwide events for students. In El Segundo Feb. 16, Deanne Bell, host of the Discovery Channel's "Smash Lab," and race car driver Leilani Munter will discuss with students how math and science make their careers possible. For more information on Raytheon's MathMovesU Program, please visit MathMovesU.com.
Münter Speaking at Sustainable Mobility Summit at Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, CA - (February 18, 2009) Each year in Pasadena an international group of influential thinkers, industry executives, government leaders and entrepreneurs gather to explore key sustainability issues. This year, with sustainable mobility being the theme, you can now add vegetarian hippie chick race car driver to the list of attendees. Leilani Münter will be speaking at the Pasadena Art Center about her journey from biology graduate to race car driver to environmental activist. Other speakers include R. James Woolsey, former director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and Andy Karsner, former assistant secretary of the United States Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The summit will explore how industries outside of the transportation and mobility fields approach sustainable mobility and what their fresh, often unexpected perspectives can bring to the table. For more information on the Sustainable Mobility Summit visit ArtCenter.edu/summit.
Münter Attending Global Green USA Pre Oscar Party
Hollywood, CA - (February 19, 2009) Every year, Global Green hosts the eco event of the Oscars. Celebrities, industry executives, and environmentalists join Global Green to celebrate and help raise funds for our initiatives, including green affordable housing and schools. Leilani Müter will be attending the 6th annual Global Green USA Pre Oscar Party on Thursday, February 19th at the Avalon in Hollywood. Co hosts include Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, and Penelope Cruz with special musical performances by Sheryl Crow and Gavin Rossdale.
Global Green was founded in 1993 and is the American Arm of Green Cross International (GCI), which was created by President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to foster a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future by reconnecting humanity with the environment. Global Green USA is the only national environmental non-profit headquartered in Southern California with offices in New Orleans, Washington DC, and New York, and is one of 31 national GCI affiliates throughout the world. For more information on Global Green USA, please visit their website GlobalGreen.org
About Leilani's Eco Dream Team
Leilani Münter is bringing her environmental message to the racetrack in 2009 with her Eco Dream Team, a 200 mph eco education program to call to action the 100 million race fans of the number one spectator sport in America, inspriring them to make positive changes to their lives and reduce their carbon footprint. Small actions, when multiplied by millions, make a difference. For more information on becoming a partner of Leilani's Eco Dream Team, please contact Leilani's management at Wasserman Media Group: Marissa Nilon mnilon@wmgllc.com, telephone 310-882-4745 and Dan Levy, dlevy@wmgllc.com, telephone 919-256-1600.
About Leilani Münter
Leilani started racing cars in 2001 and in 41 starts has nine top-five and 19 top-ten finishes. In 2006, she set the record for the highest finish for a female driver in the history of Texas Motor Speedway when she finished fourth. In 2007 Leilani became the fourth woman in history to race in the Indy Pro Series, the developmental league of IndyCar. She qualified fifth for her open wheel debut in 2007 and earned praise from many in the IndyCar community including four time Indy 500 Champion Rick Mears. Her racing accomplishments have landed her on the pages of USA Today, Glamour, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Men's Journal, the Washington Post and ESPN. Esquire Magazine has called her "A Woman We Love" and Sports Illustrated named her in their list of the top ten female race car drivers in the world. Leilani holds a degree in biology and is using her voice as a race car driver to draw attention to environmental issues. Leilani is an Ambassador for the National Wildlife Federation and is politically active in the legislative fight for the environment. She has made several trips to Capitol Hill to speak with members of Congress on behalf of environmental legislation. As part of her Eco Dream Team program, Leilani's race car will carry environmental messages calling to action millions of race fans to make a difference by making eoc minded changes to their lives. She documents her efforts to go green on her eco website CarbonFreeGirl.com.
