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Day 61 - Monday 9th July

Busy again at home working on the computer and telephones all week. If you want to be a sponsor just let me know as I need to fill all the squares by the 21st August the last day, and the date of my Birthday.

CO2 Report - No travel working from home

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The Weekend

If you like sport this is a great weekend, Grand Prix at Silverstone and Wimbledon Finals. The sun is out for a nice weekend after some very wet weather over the past few weeks. Emailing sponsors to give them updates, just a few weeks left of the project.

CO2 Report - 45 miles travel by car

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Day 60 - Friday 6th July

I am at my Caffe-Society store today checking that all is well. More telephone calls later and emails.

I got my copy of Fair Comment today, the publication produced by the Fairtrade Foundation. I think it is helpful to high light again some of the key aspects of Fairtrade. The Fairtrade mark that you see on more and more products these days is an independent consumer certification label that appears on products that are certified in accordance with Fairtrade standards. Fairtrade Standards -Minimum social, economic and environmental requirements, which producers must meet to be certified, and progress requirements that encourage continuous improvement in these areas to develop farmers organisations or the terms and conditions of estate workers.

Fairtrade Certified Producer Group : Either an association of farmers or a company dependent on hired labour that produces one or more commodities for which there are Fairtrade Standards and that has been certified to meet those standards. Once certified, they are added to the Fairtrade producer list and registered companies can buy from them under Fairtrade terms. Some Fairtrade certified producer groups are able to sell all of their product under FAIRTRADE terms while others sell only a very small percentage. It is only by increasing the amount sold as Fairtrade that producer groups are able to receive a steady stream of additional income to improve their lives.

Fairtrade minimum price: This defines the minimum price that a buyer of Fairtrade Products has to pay the producer. The minimum price is set following a consultative process with Fairtrade producers and traders and guarantees that producers receive a price which covers the cost of sustainable production. When the market price is higher than the Fairtrade minimum price the market price is paid.

Fairtrade premium : The Fairtrade premium is money paid on top of the Fairtrade minimum price that is invested in social, environmental and economic development projects decided upon democratically by a committee of producers within the organisation or of workers on a plantation. Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International.

CO2 Report - 24 miles travel by car 

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Day 59 - Thursday 5th July

Having spent yesterday recovering from travelling through many time zones, I feel I am able to make some progress. While I was away I have had more companies approach me about potential sponsorship.

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car

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Day 58 - Wednesday 4th July

Hi, we are back for the last 33 days of the project. Its eyes down and away we go. Will I succeed after my break for promotion, filming and fact finding tour. Keep reading to see how I manage to complete this project successfully. Someone did mention that, maybe I had extended the time given on this project due to my holiday. I must say that when I first started this project the aim was always to complete it in 90days. I work full time running my Fairtrade Store here on the Island so I gave myself 90 days to develop this project. I also stated on my early Blogs that I had booked a Holiday in July 06 for this year so would not include this time as part of the project, nor would I include weekends, as it is not really possible to talk to businesses at weekends. I feel that despite allowing 90days to complete the project is ambitious, whatever I achieve will benefit the Charities and my environmental project, while raising awareness about the issues in the Blogs have written. I hope my Blogs enlighten and create interest as I record my journey from start to finish.

C02 Report - No travel - worked from home 

 

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Tuesday 3rd July - Holiday

Spend the whole of today travelling by plane. Will arrive back at Heathrow at 6am Wednesday and restart the final leg of the project. Wish me luck.

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Monday 2 July - Holiday

Its home time, will spend up to lunch time visiting Whalers Village just once more and get the bus to the Airport. The trip home will take from door to door 33 hours. I leave the Airport of Maui at 7.45pm, to arrive in Denver at 7.30am, where I wait for the next flight at 10.45 am to Washington DC. A further flight at 7pm will take me to the UK

CO2 Report - Flight details to follow 

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The Weekend - Holiday

Re-visited the town of Lahaina and have a look at the local arts and crafts being either made or painted under what I was told to be the largest Banyan Tree in the USA. More than sixty feet high and casting shade on two thirds of an acre, was planted in April 1873 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of Protestant missionary work in Lahaina.

CO2 Report- Minibus round trip 6 miles 

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Friday 29th June - Holiday

I got the free bus into Lahaina today to look at the Art Galleries and some cultural sites. I came across The Baldwin Home a two story structure which was the home of the protestant medical missionary, Dwight Baldwin. And his family from mid 1830’s to 1868, the house served as a medical office and as a general centerfor missionary activity with a seaman’s chapel and Christian reading rooms for ships masters and men nearby. The Baldwins had a fine garden of native and introduced plants: kukui, kou, banana, guava, figs and grape arbors. The home and grounds were restored by the Lahaina Restoration Foundation in the early 1960’s complete with the many pieces of original furniture and other antiques of the period. Another museum was the WO HING Museum on front street which was once affiliated with the Chee Kung Tong, a chineses fraternal society with branches all over the world. This one dates from early in the century, when the Wo Hing Society had a hundred members. The Chinese were among the earliest immigrants of Hawaii and became a powerful force in the commerce of Lahaina.

CO2 Report - Minibus to town return 6 miles

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Thursday 28th June -Holiday

Today I went to the beach near the hotel and went snorkelling. What a surprise when I came across some Turtles, just inches away. It looked like an adult and a young turtle together. Truly fantastic. !

There were a number of colourful fishes swimming around the bay in their natural habitat.

No CO2 Report - walked everywhere today 

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