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Zoë Elizabeth Tryon (born 1 May 1974) is the eldest child and daughter of Anthony Tryon, 3rd

Baron Tryon Baron Tryon, of Durnford in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1940 for the Conservative politician George Tryon. He was the son of the naval commander Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. th ...

, and Dale Tryon, Baroness Tryon. She is most notable for her work as an "eco-aristocratic" ambassador for Amazon Watch, the

Achuar The Achuar are an Amazonian community of some 18,500 individuals along either side of the border in between Ecuador and Peru. As of the early 1970s, the Achuar were one of the last of the Jivaroan groups still generally unaffected by outside c ...

and the other indigenous peoples of

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

ian

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, particularly fundraising, she has also promoted and arranged 'big name' tours for celebrities, journalists, and others to support the cause of locally indigenous peoples, needing to clean up, or resist the toxic waste being left and ecological damage being done by '

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' companies drilling and seeking to continue to drill the Amazon rainforests of

Aristocrat

Tryon was born in 1974 to former banker the 3rd Baron Tryon (1940–2018) and Dale 'Kanga' Tryon (1948–1997), the eldest of foursiblings, with abrother, Charles, born in 1976, and twins, Victoria and Edward, born in 1980. Lord Tryon was a part of the inner circle of the future

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, then the Prince of Wales. As the eldest child, Tryon has, over the years, appeared a number of times in magazines and media such as ''

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'' in the 1970 and 1980s; ''British Harpers'', ''Queen Magazine'' and ''

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'' in the early 1990s; '' Hello!'', ''Business of Everything'' and newspapers like ''

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''. and the Daily Mail 6 June 2008 & 7 March 2011

Eco-aristocrat

Tryon's eco-activism with the Achuar and indigenous peoples of Ecuadorian Amazon begins in 2006 when Tryon joined the co-founders of the Pachamama Alliance on a trip into the Ecuadorian Amazon to visit the

; subsequently joining the Pachamama Alliance to facilitate and assist fund raise . Working with the Pachamama Alliance, Tryon had been introduced to—and invited by their president, Kistupa Paesto—to live among the Achuar and in 2007 Tryon moved to live within the Ecuadorian Amazon working from the Kapawi Eco-Lodge preparing for Achuar people to themselves take ownership and themselves manage the remote eco-lodge inside their territories; next spending a brief period living and directly experiencing life amongst the Achuar; learning from and bonding with the Achuar before becoming a guide and guiding David Mayer de Rothschild and his Mission Toxico team on a visit to Achuar territory witnessing the accumulative and continuing ecological damage plus long-term health effect of toxic waste being left by internationally sponsored drilling for oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon. From 2008, Tryon had a full-time role joining Amazon Watch. raising funds and working principally from the Pachamama Alliance office in Ecuador's capital Quito, running

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trips and raising awareness of the international oil industry's continuing ecological damage, and general exploitation of Ecuadorian Amazon indigenous territories and peoples.

Eco-activism

Tryon launches and runs 'Toxic Tours' leading groups of film makers, journalists, and environmentally aware celebrities including the likes of

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, James Cameron and others, revealing the extent of big oil devastation, visiting some of more than 950open toxic pits left by the big oil companies, visiting lawyers including Ecuadorian lawyer Pablo Fajardo running legal class actions against the likes of Chevron Corporation, striving to promote the cause of the Achuar and others seeking to repair, restore, save the Ecuadorian Amazon 'one Toxic Tour at a time'. In 2011 Tryon approached and invited ex- 60 minutes journalist

Mike Munro Michael Kenneth Munro, (born 12 April 1953), is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Early life Munro cites a tough childhood—with an abusive and alcoholic mother—as one of the main reasons behind his motivation to succeed. ...

, an old friend of the family, to take on a toxic tour and, from that tour, produce a hard hitting piece on 'big oil' in the Ecuadorian Amazon for Australian Channel 7's Sunday Night program, which was ultimately produced and aired the 9October2011, entitled 'Bad Oil', portraying Tryon and 'big oil' company,

Chevron Chevron (often relating to V-shaped patterns) may refer to: Science and technology * Chevron (aerospace), sawtooth patterns on some jet engines * Chevron (anatomy), a bone * '' Eulithis testata'', a moth * Chevron (geology), a fold in rock ...

, in a 'David and Goliath' battle to repair, restore, and save Ecuadorian Amazon from environmental catastrophe. Tryon has also become a Champion for a 'Clearwater' project for which she has been fundraising to assist pay the costs of people making Ecuadorian Amazon 'big oil' contaminated waters drinkable. By 2017 Tryon has formed her own international not-for-profit-organisation, called One of the Tribe, dedicated to promoting the rights of the Achuar and other indigenous peoples of Ecuador Amazon and still spending up to sixmonths a year leading tours and immersing in the Ecuadorian Amazon pursuing her passion and life's work

References

External links

'About Zoe'
Accessed 19 November 2018
Environmental campaigner Zoe Tryon in Ecuador
Accessed 20 November 2018
Zoe Tryon and explorations of the Amazon
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World Traveler Zoe Tryon
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"Zoe Tryon , One of the Tribe" Plan South America Blog
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