Jan 22 2008
Tuesday 16th October to the Weekend
The Weekend
I plan to have a quiet weekend, being with family on Sunday having worked at my store on Saturday.
CO2 Report 34 miles travel by car
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Friday 23rd November
I am so excited because I have been emailing and writing using snail mail lots of people about my project. I will start to telephone them all next week and I hope they will join my project and put there website on my home page. Keep reading my Blog to see how I do.
CO2 Report - 24 miles travel by car
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Thursday 22nd November
One of pet cats called Sebastian (Zebby for short) managed to get hold of some chocolate and make himself ill. It took 24 hours for him to get better. They can be so greedy! Bit like me when it comes to Chocolate. I must mention that I will not be contacting the US today or tomorrow because it “Thanksgiving”, so Happy Thanksgiving to you all in America and around the world.
CO2 Report 24. Miles travel by car
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Wednesday 21st November
The dates for the UK Fairtrade fortnight for 2008 are 25th February to the 9th March. My project will end on the 9th March 2008. I hope to raise a lot of money for charities working in Fairtrade countries. I want to help supply Fresh drinking Water and Sanitation.
CO2 Report 24 miles travel by car
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Tuesday 20th November
Enjoy Fairtrade sky high - Over 5 million cups of tea and 7 million cups of coffee are served aboard Virgin Atlantic flights every year. In October 2007 as part of their business sustainability strategy, they took the decision to switch all their coffees and teas (including loose leaf, green and herbal) to Fairtrade. Sir Richard Branson, President of Virgin Atlantic said, “Virgin recognises how important it is for all companies to understand the impact of the products they use, both on the environment and on the people producing them. So we are proud to support Fairtrade, which guarantees farmers a fair price for their product and are really pleased that our passengers will benefit from a comprehensive range of Fairtrade teas and Coffees on board flights”
CO2 Report 23 miles travel by car
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Monday 19th November
I got my copy of the UK Fairtrade paper called Fair Comment. They are busy promoting the idea of schools using Fairtrade Products. Let’s hope it is a success.
CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car
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The Weekend
I aim to work at the shop today, Caffe-Society and believe it or not but put my Christmas Decorations up. I have put 5 Christmas Trees in the store and it all looks great. A Christmas Menu including Mince Pies and a new Turkey Cranberry and Stuffing Baguette.
CO2 Report 30 miles travel by car
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Friday 16th November
It is just over a week before I start the final 90 days of the project. When I have completed this it would have been 1 year. I will add all the amounts together and reveal the grand total
CO2 Report 12 miles travel by car
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Thursday 15th November
It has been another busy day. As part of this project I aim to raise finds for charities working in the developing world. One of those charities is called Find Your Feet. It is going along way to end rural poverty. One country they are working in is Malawi, in Africa. One in seven adults in Malawi is infected with HIV and AIDS. The burden on families and the isolation HIV and AIDS causes can be overwhelming. Working with local partner MACRO, Find Your Feet Charity are training a network of home-based carers to provide care and support to those affected. Help me raise the funds to complete this project by allowing me to add your website to the homepage.
CO2 Report - No travel as I worked from home today
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Wednesday 14th November
I think today has been the first day I have felt 100 % since getting a cold / flu a couple of weeks go. It sort of hung around and has been difficult to get it out of my system. I feel completely better and have all my strength back. There have been days when I have not wanted to do anything, Lets hope that’s it for cold etc for a long time.
CO2 Report - 21 miles travel by car today
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Tuesday 13th November
I am still on course to end this project in March which would make it exactly 1 year. By that time I hope to have raised a greater amount of money than I originally set. Keep reading my Blogs to see how I get on. I am also making a Film about the project, which will show how the money raised will be used, and I also hope to produce a book to go with the film.
CO2 Report - 12 miles travel today by car
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Mon 12th November
Well I am back at my desk after two weeks of filming for the project. Allowing for further filming I aim to complete this project by the 8th March 2008. I hope that the finished film will be ready to be shown by Christmas 2008. I plan for it to be an amazing film and will promote Fairtrade and Environmental Issues which will enlighten all who see the film.
CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car
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Friday 26th October
Since I started this worthwhile project I have visited a number of countries and learnt more about the cultures and lives of people all over the world. I have been to San Francisco in July, The South of France and Italy in September the Hawaiian Islands in June and Austria in the snows of winter. I have managed to meet fellow store owners who promote Fairtrade and I have gained an important insight in to how they sell Fairtrade. I hope this project will promote Fairtrade which will help the growers of the products and the businesses who sell them here in the west, allowing both to make greater sales and profit.
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Thursday 25th October
When I was in France recently, I visited an old friend, Laurence who has a shop in Antibes, called www.lefilrouge.com . She sells products from Nepal and India. The products that she sells help provide higher standards of living for families in Nepal and India. There are no abuses of labour (Child or Adult). There are no sweat shop factory conditions. These families in the mountainous kingdom of Nepal have been practicing these crafts for generations and thank you from their hearts.
Des 1990, Laurence, creatrice de la marque Fil Rouge creation parcourt l’Asle a la recherche de materiaux nobles - soie, cotons, chanvres Indiens et Nepalalais.
De ces etoffes naissent des modeles inspiries des ethnies des hauts plateaux Tibetains des bijoux Argent, Turquoise et Corail des tenues chatoyantes et un style orginal. Les tissus sont produits sur place par des famillies sous forme de commerce equitable : beau et genereux a la fois !
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Wednesday 24th October
During the summer I made a trailer film for this project. In it I mentioned a company who are on the home page called www.brainheartmusic.org. You can view the film by going to Google any type in “millioneurosin90days”
Brain Heart Music are pioneering a new way forward with music and audio. They are promoting the use of music in many environments, from the treatment of autism in children to the effects of music as a meditation tool.
CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car
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Tuesday 23rd October
Today I have chosen the company www.wakeupontime.com
Wake up on Time is a brand new US Company. It’s a new all natural products specially formulated to be taken BEFORE you go to sleep at night. When morning comes, this premium energy blend in a delayed release tablet helps you to leap out of bed instead of hiding underneath the pillow!
Wake up on time uses only the finest ingredients in its proprietary formula, free from harmful artificial additives.
CO2 Report - No Travel today
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Monday 22nd October
Hi there everyone. Today’s Website and sponsor of Millioneurosin90days.com is www.bestbeverage.co.uk . This company is Corydon’s (London) leading Vending and Catering Company. It sells a huge range of Fair Trade Tea, Coffee, Sugar and Chocolate. It sells a fantastic range of Cookies, including Double Chocolate Chip Cookies, using Fairtrade Cocoa from the Dominican Republic and Sugar from Malawi. Also they have these great Organic Brazil Nut Cookies. The nuts are harvested by Bolivian Farmers together with organic sugar make these cookies a must
CO” Report - No Travel - worked from home
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The Weekend
The plan this weekend is to work in my Caffe-Society Fairtrade store on Saturday, and then do some research for the project on Sunday. It is also the Rugby World Cup, and as I write this we have just lost to South Africa. It was a great game but the best team won.
CO2 Report - 45 miles travel by car
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Friday 19th October
Over the remaining period of the project I am going to add more info about the sponsors that take part. In addition to an entry in the company list, and their logo on the home page, I am talking about them in my Blog. Today one of the very first companies to take part in this project, www.invaluable.com . They are based here on the Isle of Wight where I live. They operate an Auction search service. They find what you are looking for at all the world’s auction houses. Also they will give you an idea how much you should be paying for the item you are looking for. They have been doing this for nearly 20 years and are one of the worlds leading companies in this area. They share the belief that Fairtrade is a positive thing, by trying to buy Fairtrade Tea and Coffee for their staffroom.
CO2 Report - 24 miles travel by car today
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Thursday 18th October
As you may know. I want to raise more awareness about Fairtrade and the connection with Environmental Issues. There is where I live a Charity called the Footprint Trust. I was filmed by the Production Company this summer talking to Ray who heads the Trust here on the Island about off-setting CO2 emissions. It was his suggestion that I donate funds to developing countries, which could in turn develop better ways of getting their energy sources, other than from fossil fuels. They could use, Wind Power, Wave Power or Solar Power, all environmentally friendly. So my project will do exactly that. I want to raise as much money as possible, so that I can donate half to Charities working in the developing countries, supplying Fresh Drinking Water and Sanitation. The remaining half of the money raised will be used for the Environmental Part of the Project including designing a new eco friendly Fairtrade Store. I will calculate my total CO2 emissions through out the entire project, and donate to countries in the developing world in technology to allow them to make safe environmental differences in the way they get their energy.
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Wednesday 17th October
Well it seems that I had some kind of 24 hour bug. I feel so much better today after yesterday. I am back talking to sponsors today. The plan is to make a film of this project with the plan of pitching it to TV companies and making a DVD for sale and distribution, possibly to Schools here in the UK and US. I also want to produce a book to go with the DVD giving an in depth look how I went about this project, its objectives, and what eventually happened in the end.
CO2 Report - No travel as I worked from home
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Tuesday 16th October
Woke up to day feeling a little poorly, I think I may have flu or something, so will stay home and rest to try shrug off the problem. Have got good news about the project. I worked out that I am still on track to hit my target by the time the project ends in mid January 2008. Once this happens, and then I want to film how I use the funds, possibly going to Africa or Asia to see for myself what good work there is to do along with my donation. The other part of the project, the environmental part will also start in Mid January with talks about how the plans for the new eco Fairtrade Store will be designed. Again it is my intention to film this aspect of the project.
CO2 Report - No travel as I worked from home today
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