For many years Désirée has been a prolific public voice on the environment and sustainable development. Below you will find some recent coverage of Désirée's environmental and charity work. 

She is pictured below with Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Montreal Millennium Summit in November 2007.

Montreal Gazette: November 9 2007

In conjunction with the Montreal Millennium Summit to fight child poverty in Canada and abroad, Désirée co-hosted a celebrity-packed event which raised tens of thousands of dollars for UNICEF's Spread the Net.