ICAN was founded by Friar. We thought some of you might be interested in more information about him.
 It was while on a 300 mile English sea journey by canoe that he discovered the Sidmouth Folk Festival in 1977, from which ICAN evolved. This was reported in a documentary on ITV3 in 2008.  Friar has an Ecology based Honours Degree, majoring in renewable energy.

Here is Friar in his Canadian canoe (named "Life" in four languages!). This photograph was taken during a 2 month journey in Greece which was reported every month for a year, in a national canoe magazine. Facts relating to the destruction of the environment which Friar observed during this trip, were reported repeatedly throughout the series, which ended in 1997.

Friar's main interest is conservation and enjoying the outdoors. He has cycled round the Swiss Alps; photographed wild life in the jungles of Nepal; walked through part of the Himalayas and photographed Mount Everest. He has descended the UK's deepest pothole and he practiced some of the martial arts.