It's very difficult to plead ignorance about the harm we inflict on our planet, but have you considered how your boating adventures affect the aquatic environment you love spending time in?
Test how eco-friendly you are with your boat by doing this test at http://www.thegreenblue.org.uk/youandyourboat/howgreen.asp
Friday, August 25, 2006
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Cycling ALONE around the world for PEACE
Pushkar Shah, a peace activist in college and witness to violence throughout his life in Nepal, left home in 1998 with the goal of cycling 390 000 km and visiting every country in the world to promote peace.
“We have one sun, one moon, we have one sky and one world. So the world is one house. We are the family of that house so we have to live in peace,” he said.
"I began my journey with only 100 Nepalese Rupees (One Euro) given to me by my mother. I have no official sponsor and have thus far been able to pursue my dream through the kindness and generosity of the many strangers who have befriended me along the way.
When I began my journey eight years ago, many people did not believe that such a trip was possible and said that I would get no further than India. As of May 2006 I have visited 100 countries in Asia, Asia Pacific, North America, Central America, South America, Caribbean, Africa and the Europe. I would like to climb Mount Everest in 2010 bringing the national flags of all the countries I will have visited by then to the summit."
Read more about this amazing journey at http://www.pushkarshah.com/.
“We have one sun, one moon, we have one sky and one world. So the world is one house. We are the family of that house so we have to live in peace,” he said.
"I began my journey with only 100 Nepalese Rupees (One Euro) given to me by my mother. I have no official sponsor and have thus far been able to pursue my dream through the kindness and generosity of the many strangers who have befriended me along the way.
When I began my journey eight years ago, many people did not believe that such a trip was possible and said that I would get no further than India. As of May 2006 I have visited 100 countries in Asia, Asia Pacific, North America, Central America, South America, Caribbean, Africa and the Europe. I would like to climb Mount Everest in 2010 bringing the national flags of all the countries I will have visited by then to the summit."
Read more about this amazing journey at http://www.pushkarshah.com/.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Sailing a dry-river bed?
Who needs water to go sailing? Assa Abloy's Henley-on-Todd takes place in the centre of Australia at Alice Springs on 16 September 2006. The fact that the town is 1,500 km's from the nearest large body of water is not seen as a problem.
Watching seemingly sane people race in bottomless "eights", "oxford tubs", "bath tubs" and yachts through the deep coarse sand of the Todd River provides an unique spectacle amongst world sporting events. The multi-event program attracts many local and international participants from the audience who often finish up on world TV news paddling canoes with sand shovels and in "land lubber" events like filling empty 44 gallon drums with sand.
Watching seemingly sane people race in bottomless "eights", "oxford tubs", "bath tubs" and yachts through the deep coarse sand of the Todd River provides an unique spectacle amongst world sporting events. The multi-event program attracts many local and international participants from the audience who often finish up on world TV news paddling canoes with sand shovels and in "land lubber" events like filling empty 44 gallon drums with sand.
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