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Mina Guli from Melbourne, Australia is the founder and CEO of Thirst Foundation. Mina is a global leader committed to protecting the world’s water resources. Following a successful 15-year career in law, finance and climate change, in 2012 Mina established Thirst Foundation, a non-profit organisation focused on raising awareness, creating urgency and driving action on water.
Mina is currently running 200 Marathons in one year as part of the #RunBlue expedition. In 2016 Mina ran The 7 Deserts Run (40 marathons across 7 deserts in 7 weeks), in 2017 she ran The River Run (40 marathons across 6 rivers in 40 days) and in 2018 attempted 100 marathons in 100 days, as part of the #RunningDry campaign. She broke her leg on Marathon 62, with people around the world uniting to help complete the campaign. Through these expeditions Mina has built a community of water advocates in more than 190 countries and territories.
Mina has been widely acknowledged for her leadership on water, including being recognised by Fortune as one of the greatest leaders in the world. She has spoken at the United Nations and has been regularly featured in major global, local and regional media outlets around the world. Mina has committed her life to the water crisis, because she believes we can be the solution.
Please note that Mina’s travel plans are subject to change.
January - Sao Paulo, and the Amazon
February - Mexico, and USA
March - USA
The world is experiencing a water crisis. Drought, flooding or pollution is how most of us will experience this climate emergency – yet water is often missing from global conversations. Run Blue is a global campaign to move the world on water by uniting business, non-government organisations, government and the general public in the lead-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference in March, 2023.
The #RunBlue campaign asks that no matter what you run in your life - your household, your company, your daily decisions - you RUN ‘it’ BLUE, putting water front-of-mind. Mina Guli is also making a commitment for water, and is running 200 marathons in some of the most extreme, water affected places on the planet, to show the urgency of what we are all facing and why we have to act now.
As part of Run Blue, Mina is meeting with key industry and business bodies, NGOs and government officials to ensure urgent action on water is on the agenda at high-level stakeholder events including Dushanbe and COP27. Thirst’s growing community is amplifying the water stories – and sharing their own – through channels including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.