<p>His flying skills alone could have fetched Matevz Lenarcis millions. But the 53-year-old from Slovenia always wanted to do things differently. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Two months back, he decided to tell the world that depleting water sources may fuel more tension across the globe than oil trade. With a mission to “protect earth,” he chose to fly around the world covering more than 80,000 km, with minimal use of unleaded fuel.<br /><br />The trained pilot, also a biologist, environmentalist and a photographer, wanted to measure carbon emissions in the atmosphere and also get a feel of the planet. “On January 8, 2012, I took off from Slovenia in my small Pipistrel aircraft — Virus-SW914 — for a lonely flight around the world,” Lenarcic told Deccan Herald here on Sunday.<br /><br />On his way to Nepal, Lenarcic stopped here for refueling. “I would have preferred to make a brief stop-over at Kolkata, but due to heavy air traffic there, I was told Patna was an equally better place.”<br />Even after flying for over 65,000 km in the last two months, the Slovenian remains down to earth. <br /><br />“You can help the world change. There is enough space on the earth for all of us to co-exist,” he said.<br />“Almost a third of the human population has limited or even blocked access to safe drinking sources. I have taken images from the plane during my flight around the world which shows places with plenty of clean drinking water and places without a single drop,” he said. After his world tour finishes by mid-April, he will write a book.<br /><br />“So far I have covered 40 countries, including Italy, Spain, France, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia. I plan to cover 14 more before I return home.”</p>
<p>His flying skills alone could have fetched Matevz Lenarcis millions. But the 53-year-old from Slovenia always wanted to do things differently. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Two months back, he decided to tell the world that depleting water sources may fuel more tension across the globe than oil trade. With a mission to “protect earth,” he chose to fly around the world covering more than 80,000 km, with minimal use of unleaded fuel.<br /><br />The trained pilot, also a biologist, environmentalist and a photographer, wanted to measure carbon emissions in the atmosphere and also get a feel of the planet. “On January 8, 2012, I took off from Slovenia in my small Pipistrel aircraft — Virus-SW914 — for a lonely flight around the world,” Lenarcic told Deccan Herald here on Sunday.<br /><br />On his way to Nepal, Lenarcic stopped here for refueling. “I would have preferred to make a brief stop-over at Kolkata, but due to heavy air traffic there, I was told Patna was an equally better place.”<br />Even after flying for over 65,000 km in the last two months, the Slovenian remains down to earth. <br /><br />“You can help the world change. There is enough space on the earth for all of us to co-exist,” he said.<br />“Almost a third of the human population has limited or even blocked access to safe drinking sources. I have taken images from the plane during my flight around the world which shows places with plenty of clean drinking water and places without a single drop,” he said. After his world tour finishes by mid-April, he will write a book.<br /><br />“So far I have covered 40 countries, including Italy, Spain, France, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia. I plan to cover 14 more before I return home.”</p>
