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Day 25 - 66 Days to the end of the Project - Wednesday 16th January 2007

I have been busy on the phones and internet today. Remember my video Blog will be on tomorrow so don’t forget to watch.

CO2 Report - No travel today as I worked from home

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Day 24 - 67 Days to the end of the Project - Tuesday 15th January

It’s only a few weeks to go but Valentine’s Day on the 14th February will soon be here. I get regular updates from the US Fairtrade Site, from Transfair . They are promoting Fairtrade Certified Flowers. Make Valentines  Day a 100% Fair Trade Valentine’s Day with 100% Certified Fairtrade Flowers and Chocolates.

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car

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Day 23 - 68 Days to the end of the Project - Monday 14th January

As we start a new week, I want to tell you about a book I read over the weekend, Winning is Not Enough, the Autobiography of F1 three times world champion, Jackie Stewart. The book is fantastic and well worth a read, and the words Passion in Action sums it up perfectly. That’s what this project is; Millioneurosin90days raising awareness about Fairtrade and Environmental Issues is in my mind a “Passion in Action”.

CO2 Report - No travel today as I worked at home

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Day 21 - 70 days to the end of the Project - Thursday 10th January

It has been a little quiet today however if you log in tomorrow you will see something new. My New Video Blog which I will record once a week to start with.

CO2 Report - No travel today

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Day 20 - 71 Days to the end of the Project - Wednesday 9th January

I was introduced to a New Fairtrade Cola today called “Ubuntu”. It’s the first Fairtrade Cola on the UK Market which is made from Fairtrade Sugar. The sugar comes Kasinthula in Malawi, Africa. This means that every time you drink an Ubuntu Cola you are directly taking part in the Fairtrade Movement. I must admit it tastes really great, try some for yourselves.

Co2 Report - 23 miles travel today by car 

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Day 19 - 72 Days to the end of the Project - Tuesday 8th January

If you have been logging on to my Blogs and reading my progress you will know that one of the Charities I aim to donate to is called Find Your Feet. They work in Africa and Asia helping to provide fresh drinking water and sanitation. I have included in today’s Blog a letter from the UK headquarters of Find Your Feet about my project.

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Day 18 - 73 Days to the end of the project - Monday 7th January 2008

Hi everyone, Happy New Year. After a two week break for the festive holidays its now non stop to the end of the Project. Just 73 Days to go excluding weekends, and to reach this mighty task of getting that 1 Million Euros. I then intend to add this amount to all previous amounts rose since I started the Project and finally have the final total, 1 year from the beginning of my idea. As you may know all this is being filmed and then once the project ends, we go off and film exactly how the money is to be used, including a trip to Africa, the plan of offering money to charities who help the kind of people who grow products which are used to make Fairtrade Products. This whole project is raise awareness about Fairtrade and Environmental Issues. Please support by advertising your business website on the homepage of this project. Well lots to do, keep reading my Blog each day.

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car

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Day 17 - 74 Days to the end of the Project - Friday 14th December

Well this is my last Blog of 2007. Next week I am filming for the project then a break for Christmas and the New Year festive celebrations. I would like to wish all sponsors past and future a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year

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Day 16 - 75 Days to the end of the Project - Thursday 13th December

Just a quick update today, as we near the holiday season, my Fairtrade Store is busy; this project is also going very well. I am doing some filming next week for the project, as I hope the entire project will be shown as a film sometime next year.

CO2 Report - 34 miles travel by car

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Day 15 - 76 Days to the end of the Project - Wednesday 12th December

I know some of you are waiting for your websites to appear on the home page. Well this will happen in the next week as I have been so busy. I will email everyone to let them know when their site will be up on the website.

CO2 - Report 23 miles travel by car

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Day 14 - 77 Days to the end of the Project - Tuesday 11th December

I plan to visit the States early next year, but when I went for the first time, a few months ago, I had this image of huge cars, gas guzlers, this image came from films from the 60’s and 70’s, however when I got to San Francisco, I was surprised to see quite modest sized vehicles. Very like the UK, and clearly more economic to run, and better for the environment. This project will be partly made up of an environmental project, where I hope to design and build an eco friendly Fairtrade Store using all the latest environmentally friendly ideas.

CO2 - Report 23 miles travel by car

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Day 13 - 78 Days to the end of the Project - Monday 10th December

I am spending today contacting the US by phone. I have had a great response to the Project from companies in the States. I will give you a progress report next Monday.

CO2 Report 12 miles travel be car

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Day 12 - 79 Days to the end of the Project - Saturday 8th December

Well all the Christmas decorations are up here at home and at my Caffe-Society Fairtrade Store. To think it is just over two weeks away and I still have not bought any presents. I am so busy with the project which I plan to work on every day throughout the holiday period apart from Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

CO2 Report - No travel as I worked from home today

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Day 11 - 80 Days to the end of the Project - Friday 7th December

I have been at my Caffe - Society Fair Trade Store today. It’s getting busy, as we get nearer to the Holiday season. At the end of the project I intend to visit the US and I did this year when I went to San Francisco,

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Day 10 - 81 Days to the end of the Project - Thursday 6th December

I have been planning an approach to the National Press here in the UK, in the Europe and the US to promote this project and the businesses that have so far joined me in making this a success. I really feel it will prove successful and I am determined to make this project a talking point for all the right reasons.

CO2 - No travel, worked from home 

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Day 9 - 82 Days to the end of the Project - Wednesday 5th December

With a Catering background I regularly receive my copy of the Caterer Magazine. In a recent edition they describe the Hotel of the Future. This will prove a good resource for my plans to design, develop and build a new eco, Fairtrade store, which is part of this project, again to be filmed and made into a production. I will let you know in detail early next year here on this Blog as how I will develop the ideas that will create an environmentally friendly store.

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car today

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Day 8 - 83 Days to the end of the Project - Tuesday 4th December

I got a copy of the Tibet Relief Fund Christmas Gift Book today. Their website is www.enlightenedgifts.org there are some fantastic gifts in there made by Tibetens based in Northern India. They live there in excile. If you look at my homepage I have included some websites that tell more about these great people. I am going to order the Tibetan Cook Book and a mini key ring silk bag. I will give them as gifts to people closest to me, friends and realtives.

CO2 Report - 12 miles travel by car

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Day 7 - 84 Days to the end of the Project - Monday 3rd December

I am busy today making more contacts with potential sponsors. I plan to enter my regular update on my camcorder which will go towards the Film production of this project next year.

CO2 Report 23 miles travel by car

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Day 6 - 85 Days to the end of the Project - Saturday 1st December

I was told today of a First! The first cloa drink made with Fairtrade certified sugar is currently available. Go to www.ubuntu-trading.com for details. Also there is new Organic Ale brewed with Fairtrade certified sugar from Malawi.

Don’t forget to keep reading the Blogs to see how I am doing and take a look at the homepages where I am about to add some more company websites over the next two weeks.

CO2 Report - 12 miles travel by car 

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Day 5 - 86 Days to the end of the Project - Friday 30th November

I can’t believe it, but tomorrow is December, and only three weeks to Christmas and the Holiday Season. The year seems to have gone quickly, however the project continues right through this festive time and on into the New Year. I am now planning to include Saturdays as part of my working week simply to keep up with it all.

CO2 Report - None as I worked from home 

Day 4 - 87 Days to the end of the Project - Thursday 29th November

Over the past year Fairtrade Foundation (UK) Executive Director, Harriet Lamb has been working with Ebury Publishing to write her story of how Fairtrade has got to where it is today. Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles (RRP £ 10.99) will be published on 7th February 2008. The book charts the heroic struggle of the early years to get new Fairtrade Products like bananas onto supermarket shelves, and celebrates the success of the Fairtrade Towns network in raising awareness of Fairtrade across the UK, all set against a background of farmers in the field and supermarket executives in the boardroom. Available in all good bookstores…

Re. Millioneurosin90days project, well I have been working late into the evening recently contacting the US. With the time difference, especially on the West Coast. It has been very successful, and to all of those companies waiting for their details to appear on the homepage, this will happen in the next two weeks.

CO2 Report - No mileage, as I worked from home today  

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Day 3 - 88 Days to the end of the Project - Wednesday 28th November

As you may know if you have been reading my Blogs since this project started. I aim to raise as much as possible by the 9th March 2008, with half the funds going to charities that help developing countries, especially those that provide fresh drinking water and sanitation. One such Charity that does a fantastic job is called Find Your Feet. You can see their website on my homepage; this was put on free as are some other sites, simply because I want to help raise the profile of these worthwhile operations. The Charity Find Your Feet produces a regular newsletter called ‘Footprints’. In the autumn edition it talks about Organic Farming. ‘What a difference a year makes’. This time last year, Gladys Kadziwe was facing some difficult decisions. Having suffered an unsuccessful harvest, how was she going to feed her family over the coming months? Without the income from her harvest, would she have to sacrifice buying soap to be able to afford school books? Between December and February every year 90% of households in Phambala, Malawi have no food left from their own farms. Living in Phambala where droughts are common and soil fertility is poor, Gladys has become used to coping with these stark challenges but they never become any easier. This year, 2007, things are different. Smiling broadly, Gladys tells how she has grown enough food to last the whole year. She has even produced a surplus to sell so that she can afford those family essentials. ‘Farming organically means I grow more food, save money and improve the fertility of the soil ‘.

What has made the difference? According to Gladys it is the low cost environmentally-friendly farming practices she has learnt from FYF partner, the Lipangwe Organic Manure Demonstration Farm (LOMADEF).  Gladys has learnt skills like composting, crop diversification, organic pesticide production, seed multiplication and agro-forestry. In an area where farmers struggle to produce enough to feed their families for more than six months, LOMADEF’s agricultural techniques that boost harvests, improve nutrition and rebuild the soil are helping to transform family’s futures.Source’Footprints’

CO2 - Report 22 miles travel by car

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Day 2 - 89 Days to the end of the Project - Tuesday 27th November

One of the websites on the homepage is a company called Imporient. I use this company for my Fair Trade Store, supplying me with my Fairtrade Tea.  Imporient Premium Fairtrade Leaf Tea produces a Strong, Bright, and Golden Tea full of Flavour. Imporient only selects Teas grown at 2000 + meters above sea level. The Temperature at this altitude is relatively low and as a result the tea leaves grow at a slower rate allowing more time for the tea to absorb more nutrients from the soil, sunlight and rain. These ideal climatic conditions are major reasons why Imporient Premium Fairtrade tea has exceptional brightness and flavour. Imporient buys the very best Fairtrade tea helping to ensure that tea estates receive a good price for their tea. TheFairtrade premium is invested in community development projects chosen by the farmers and workers. The farmers and workers decide how to invest this additional money in their local community, on education, clean water supplies, health care and other vital facilities. Tea Myths and Facts : Myth : Tea is dehydrating, Fact : Tea is dehydrating, not dehydrating, in fact due to the volume of fluid that is drunk whilst enjoying a ‘cuppa’, the British Dietetic Association advises that tea can contribute to the daily - recommended intake of 1.5 to 2 litres of water.

CO2 - Report 21 miles travel by car

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Day 1 - 90 Days to the end of the Project - Mon 26th November

Here we go the very final part of this project connected to the fund rising. I aim to raise 1 MILLION EUROS, that’s £700 000 or $1.5 Dollars in just 90 DAYS, excluding Sundays. The finish date is Saturday 9th March 2008. That’s the last day of the UKs Fairtrade Weekend Promotion period for 2008. Also it will be one year since I started this project by raising funds. I will add this amount to the I Million Euros at the end of the project. I hope to have risen allot of money for these causes.  I plan to have a big celebration in London on the last day. Lots of publicity for Fairtrade and your websites. Help me to achieve this goal by supporting my project. Let me add your website to the projects home page. I will be entering my daily Blog every single day to keep you all up to date as to how I am doing.  I will also record the total miles in various travel by car train plane ferry etc then I will offset at the end of the project.

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car

A Lady working in the fields of Africa growing her crops. Some of these are Fairtrade which I want to support. I aim to donate half the funds raised to projects in developing countries including the supply of fresh drinking water and sanitation. 

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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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60 Days to go - Monday 15th October

It was a very successful week last week, so all to play for this week. I need to phone many new potential sponsors. I also plan to submit an article for a magazine, about the project. I am now planning a gentle build up of publicity over the next few months until the final days of the project.

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car 

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The Weekend

I have little to say this weekend. I am going to have a bit of a rest this weekend, recharge the batteries, ready full throttle next week.

CO2 - Report 45 miles travel this week

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61 days to go - Friday 12th October

Woke up this morning, feeling a little under the weather. I have been so busy, I am wondering if I should have a slower day today, but phone keeps on ringing, and there is so much to do. I think the results I am getting are amazing, and I do hope I reach the final goal.

CO2 - Report No travel today

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62 Days to go - Thursday 11th October

Well I am amazed at how well this project is going, the figures I am now looking at in this second phase which will end about the 19th January 2008, are such that it could end up at some $2 million dollars or some 1.5 Million euros., however there is a long way to go so keep reading and supporting and who knows!

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car

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63 days to go - Wednesday 10th October

You may have noticed that there is a new look company sponsored list. Now when you join the project, not do I have your company website put on the homepage, but a banner appears over this which is now even larger, in addition to this a new graphic on the company list along with as much detail as you require about your business is entered. I am now asking companies to allow me to talk about their products on my new daily Blog. In addition credit to all the people who sponsored me will be included in any future DVD and Book about the project

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car

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64 Days to go - Tuesday 9th October

I have had a great response, and many more companies have now got their website on the project homepage.

CO2 Report - None as I worked from home today

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69 Days to go - Monday 8th October

This project is about Fairtrade and Environmental issues. Half the funds are going to Charities working in developing countries with the aim of supplying Fresh drinking Water and Sanitation. Today I discovered an interesting project that is up and running in India. It’s called the Barefoot College.

THE BAREFOOT APPROACH IN BHUTAN

Thirty women from Bhutan left their villages for the first time in August this year to travel to India, to become solar engineers. These Bhutanese women, between the ages of 20-40 years, will be trained at the Barefoot College to become barefoot solar engineers. On completion of their training, the women will be provided with solar units and equipment to establish rural electronic workshops, where repair and maintenance will be carried out. The Barefoot Solar Engineers will be paid by each community to maintain the solar units. Nearly 500 families in 28 villages will be slar-electrified by March 2008, when the Barefoot Solar Engineers return to their communities to install and maintain the solar power systems. Most of these remote, rural communities are 4- 5 hours walk from the nearest road, making it far too costly to solar electrify these communities by conventional grids. The Projects in Bhutan are funded by the Asian Development Bank. A similar scheme is now working in the Gambia, Africa.

CO2 Report - 10 miles travel by car

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The Weekend

I am working at my Caffe-Society store on Saturday, and then intend to relax on Sunday, by getting up very early to see if Lewis hamilton will succeed in scoring enough points to win the F1 championship for 2007.

Update- He has not, infact he did not finish, his tyres were so worn that he slid off going into the pits for new tyres. It is very sad, however, he can still do it because in 2 weeks they go to Brazil where the last race of the year will be held. Fingers crossed.

CO2 Report - 43 miles travel by car  

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66 Days to go - Friday 5 October

It has, I think been a good week. I have added some more companies to my sponsored list and added more websites to the home page. As we go into the weekend, I can feel confident that next week will be even better.

CO2 Report 28 miles travel by car

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67 Days to go - Thursday 4th October

Today I have been working partly at my Caffe-Society Fairtrader Store, then this afternoon, worked at home on the Millioneurosin90days project. I am spending the afternoon and evening contacting potential sponsors. I am updating the Blogs on the website. I feel very positive about the project, but I must admit there are times, albeit very few when I think, is this going to be a success, but then I snap out of it and move on. Yes it will be a success in many ways. To see how keep watching and reading

CO2 report on Travel - 32 miles by car

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68 Day to go - Wednesday 3rd Oct

I mentioned recently that I have visited France. On this occasion, because of a time element, I took a flight, from my local Airport- Southampton. The Airline I used is called Flyby, and they now claim to be one of the most environmentally friendly airlines around. After 2 years and a £2 billion investment, in 74 new environmentally sensitive aircraft, Flyby has become the world’s first airline to introduce an innovative ecolabelling scheme. With more people flying than ever before, whether for business, holiday or part of the jet to let boom, the flip side is that humn activity including aviation has an impact on the environment. The UK government’s response to talk of carbon footprints and climate change was to hit passengers in their pockets. Last year passenger duty was increased by £5-£10 ($8-$20) for short haul and up to £ 80 ($120) for long haul. But this does not solve the problem of the impact of air travel on the environment. That’s why Flyby has decided to take the initiative with measures designed to make a difference.

The ECO LABELLING SCHEME - Under the scheme which was subject to an assurance process by International Consultancy firm Deloitte, Flyby passengers booking via the internet will be provided with a detailed but user friendly breakdown of the fuel consumption, carbon emissions and noidse patterns of the aircraft type to be used on their journey. Each aircraft’s eco label is broken down onto three parts.

Local Environment which assesses the aircraft’s noise rating on an A (low) to F (high) rating and the levels of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and NOX (nitrogen oxide) emissions on a Landing and Take Off cycle basis.

Journey Environment which grades fuel consumption and CO2 emissions (kg/seat) on a range of typical European sector basis (500, 1000 and 1500 km) and also on an A (low) to F (high) grading.

Passenger Environment which contains information on minimum leg room and the number of seats.

The eco labelling scheme allows passengers to asses the environmental impact of their journey so they can decide, on an informed basis, whether they want to carbon offset that journey.

Quoting the Flyby In-flight magazine this month, October 2007 - The new eco-label is more than an energy rating. Flyby wanted to consider the effects on passenger and local environments as well as the planet and the three sections of the label reflect this. The local environment section is about how the areas around the airports are effected. This looks at take off and landing emissions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which can effect air quality and noise. The journey environment includes data for the entire flight. It shows the total fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Every label provides a rating for the journey environment for three lengths of flights: domestic, such as Birmingham to Edinburgh, near EU such as Birmingham to Bergerac and short haul such as Birmingham to Milan. The passenger environment consists of a number of seats and the seat pitch, which is the space between seats. This is about passenger comfort level, but it’s also relevant because some of the data on the eco-label is given in a per passenger measure. The same type of aircraft with different seat pitches will give a different per passenger measure. To ensure the ratings were an accurate comparison, we didn’t just look at the data from Flyby aircraft. We compared the data across a large population of aircraft used across all the UK airlines, from the smallest twin-turbo prop plane to a Boeing 747-400, and across a range of routes up to long haul. When designing the eco-label we wanted to make it easy to understand, so we based it on energy labels used in household appliances. However, unlike those, we decided not to produce an overall grade. That’s because one of the elements we wanted to make clear was the figure of carbon dioxide emissions so the passengers would be able to see exactly how much they’d need to offset, if they chose to do so.

VERIFIABLE LOW-COST CARBON OFFSET PROGRAMMES - To help passengers in carbon offsetting, Flyby Airline has appointed “PURE”, the Clean Planet trust, to operate verifiable carbon-offset schemes on behalf of its passengers- the first major UK low cost airline to offer such a scheme.

PURE will operate two schemes for Flyby:

A Carbon credits based scheme, under which carbon credits will be traded on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)

A grant scheme under which PURE will make direct contributions to a broad range of small scale carbon-reducing projects, for instance the installation of renewable energy in schools.

If you want to check your own carbon footprint, visit www.puretrust.org

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69 Days to go- Tuesday 2nd October

I have been in my Caffe-Society Fairtrade Store this morning, and again I am surprised how many people do not know about Fairtrade.

What is Fairtrade? Many farmers and workers in developing countries struggle to provide for their families. Poor market access and unfair trade rules often mean that the price they get for their crop does not cover the cost of production. Fairtrade is a rapidly growing international movement which seeks to guarantee a better deal for farmers and workers in the developing world. A product that is Fairtrade certified carries a label The Fairtrade Mark.

Who is behind Fairtrade? The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent certification body in the UK, the US has Transfair. These bodies award the Fairtrade Mark to products which meet Fairtrade standards. The Foundation is part of an international network of 20 organisations that are members of the standards setting and certification body Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO).

Are all Fairtrade Products Organic? Some Fairtrade certified products also carry organic certification labels such as the Soil Association label. Many producers seek to use organic practices, but Fairtrade does not require them to do so. Under Fairtrade standards, producer groups are requested to minimise the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and implement environmental protection projects.

Where Can I buy them? You can find products carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark in supermarkets, local shops, in cafes, bars and restaurants, health food shops, and fair trade shops., from catering suppliers, by mail order and online.

Change to Fairtrade!

Try It - With over 2000 products available from single origin coffee to delicious chocolate and fashionable cotton T shirts, change your everyday products to Fairtrade today.

Promote It- Introduce your friends to a Fairtrade product, Say Thank you with a bunch of Fairtrade Flowers, bring a bottle of Fairtrade Wine to a dinner party or make a refreshing cup of Fairtrade tea.

Find out more! Visit the many companies who have websites, look under Google or other search engine providers, or take a look at my home page” Millioneurosin90days.com.

The Fairtrade Premium is the key. It allows us to plan for the future, the voice of a grower in Tanzania.

By changing to Fairtrade certified products you can make a real difference to the lives of workers and farmers in developing countries. As well as guaranteeing producer organisations a fair stable price for their products that covers the cost of production, they also receive a social premium, extra money that has to be spent on community projects. For instance, in Tanzania, tea pickers have chosen to spend the social premium to set up shop selling affordable food for their families. Now they want to invest in building materials to improve their homes.

CO2 Report - No Travel I worked from home

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70 days to go - Monday 1st October

I am going to be in touch with a number of potential sponsors today, having overcome a problem with my computer, which did not allow me to go online. This is all fixed, so let’s hope with have a good week.

CO2 Report - Travel by car 16 miles

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The weekend

Well I am off home later today, Saturday, and will be entering up some more Blogs tomorrow, Sunday. I think this last week has been very successful.

CO2 Report - Plain France to UK miles to follow, Bus 10 miles and car travel 8 miles

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71 days to go - Friday 28th September

I thought today I would explain what I think are the benefits of being involved with this great project for potential sponsors. Firstly you should get increased interest in your website because of your presence in being part of this project. This will create awareness in your products and possibly lead to more business. Secondly, I will highlight your site logo with a large pop up banner giving your business website and description. By clicking on your logo the potential customer will directed straight to your homepage. Thirdly, I will enter all your company details onto the Company List also with a link to your website. I will wherever possible include your company name in all future promotion of the project including Pres and Media. Your participation will have a direct benefit to the funding of Charities working in developing countries. Your donation in most cases will benefit from an extra amount through gift aid. And finally the whole project will create more awareness about Fairtrade.

CO2 Report - Train 40 miles

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72 Days to go - Thursday 27th September

As you can see by the homepage, the project is going well. I am adding more company website this week, like Ethnic Planet and Lefilrouge. All these businesses share a common dream of seeing better world that we live in. Here I am in France.

CO2 Report 30 miles travel by train 

ETHNIC PLANET - ANTIBES - FRANCE

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73 Days to go - Wednesday 26th September

I am staying in Antibes about 10 miles from NICE in the South of France. I have been looking for any outlet that might be connected to a similar scheme of Fairtrade like we have in the UK and US. Alas it seems they are few and far between, however there is some hope as it seems there is a real drive towards improving things regarding environmental issues. Recycling containers are in all the car parks, buses are modern, cheap and fuel efficient. I visited an Yves Rocher shop this afternoon and was told about their ethos. In fact for some years they have been trying to offer a fairer alternative. The Yves Rocher Foundation works towards helping in all four corners of the world. Trying to find alternative to help stop the extinction of plants, animals and various habitats. Some of the countries that are benefiting include, Madagascar,Bhoutan,Equador and Amazonian. 

CO2 Report - None spent the day on foot

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74 Days to go- Tuesday 25th September

I am here in France this week, so I apologise if I had planned to give you a call this week. I will be in touch next week. I am filming some shots of Fairtrade and Environmental Issues here in France, and in Northern Italy on Friday. Keep reading my Blog for further updates

CO2 Report - Bus 35 miles and Train 45 miles

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75 Days to go - Monday 24th September

So I am off to France and Italy today for 7 days. The purpose of the visit is to see potential sponsors and do some filming for the project. If you have been promised a call from me, I will be in touch when I return. I have thought about this very carefully and the need to reduce my carbon footprint while getting from A to B. What I have discovered at least in this case is that I have managed to do this and save money and time as well. This is how. As you know having read my Blogs over the months, I live on an Island off the South of England, called the Isle of Wight. Its about 70 miles 100km south of London. In the past I have always taken a flight from London as this seemed to be the only option. To get to a London airport, I have had to take the taxi, train which is some 2 hours plus, then check in 2 hours before. If it is a very early flight, I have to stay overnight in a hotel, more cost. On this occasion I am going to the South of France from Southampton. It takes 20 mins from my house to Cowes, a ferry to Southampton and a 10 min train ride to the airport. I have saved on a hotel, a long train journey or taxi and saved some CO2 emissions. Now I have chosen to fly with an airline called FLYBE. Find out tomorrow why!

CO2 Report -Car 8 miles, Ferry 10 miles, Train 8 miles, Flight to France from UK 890 miles (tbc) Bus 15 miles

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The Weekend

Not a lot to say for this weekend, other than I am preparing to go off to France for a week. I will give you all my news on how I got on all next week, so keep reading

CO2 Report 31 miles travel by car

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76 Days to go - Friday 21st September

Yesterday I spoke about how this project was about making more people aware of Fairtrade. As I said earlier on in this project, half of any funds I raise will go to charities working in the developing world; however the remaining amount will be used for an environmental project. This will take the form of a new eco friendly green Fairtrade store. I want to design and build a store that can offer everything my current store does but with virtually zero emissions of CO2. There are a growing number of new ideas appearing on the market which will help me achieve this. I want to see if it is possible to change an existing store to a new kind of Zero Store and by doing so find out the most cost effective way of applying all the new science without a huge cost. I also want to see if it is possible to reduce my standard costs. The costs involved in lighting, cooking and heating. I plan to film this conversion to enable fellow businesses to take ideas from the project to apply them to their business or home. During the making of this project I plan to calculate how much CO2 was consumed through travel, by car, bus train and planeetc, and then offset it by making a donation to a charity that help developing countries apply their own energy saving ideas. If, for instance they did not use fossil fuels to heat their homes, but used solar or wind power this would benefit the planet. It could be cheaper and easier to do this, by using these alternative forms of power that are all around us.

CO2 Report O travel as I worked from home

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77 Days to go - Thursday 20th September

This project is about making more people aware of Fairtrade. The ever growing number of products from so many different countries around the world. Also it aims to explain what the word Fairtrade means. When you see the UK’s Fairtrade Foundation Certification on a product you know that this product guarantees to you that the grower has been paid a fair price for their product. This extra income can make all the difference as it could go towards better facilities in the area he/she lives, like a new school or hospital. Better medical care, education or even a better source of fresh drinking water and sanitation. It’s amazing how we seem to take something as simple as a glass of water for granted, when millions of people in developing countries simply can not access this basic requirement.

CO2 Report - 22 miles travel by car

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78 Days to go - Wednesday 19th September

The home page is looking good; however it is based on a number of companies and non profit making operations, such as charities. Some of these have been given space on the home page to help highlight their good work, and no fee has been paid, some businesses have been chosen as potential sponsors who I feel are suitable to the project and I am in talks with these, however a growing number have actually chosen to join this great project subject to final confirmation so keep reading my Blogs and watch the homepage grow ever bigger.

CO2 Report- None worked from home

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79 Days to go - Tuesday 18th September

The Low Carbon Lifestyle Tour is taking place at the moment. Mukti Mitchell is sailing around Britain in a zero-emission microyacht to promote a low carbon lifestyle. The tour will visit 40 UK ports including Swansea,Liverpool,Glasgow,Edinburgh,Newcastle,London,Southampton and Exeter. At this present time we are making carbon dioxide faster than plants can turn it back into oxygen. Carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere and forms a blanket over the planet. When this happens the planet starts to warm up. In turn, Climate Change occurs which could threaten life of all sorts. Rising sea levels, storms, floods, temperature changes. To try to reduce our CO2 you need to firstly see how much we use. If you go to the website www.lowcarbonlifestyle.org, you will find a calculator. At my Caffe Society Fairtrade Store we have started to do our bit, including using low energy light bulbs, washing our linen at 30 degrees, using where possible recycled packaging, staff are shaing lifts to work or using the new low emission bus service here on the Island.

CO2 Report - No travel work from home

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80 Days to go - Monday 17th September

So it is 7 days since the sudden death of Anita Roddick. I remember I was at home on Monday evening, the 10th September and I had 24hr BBC News on when I heard the story. What a shock, a lady who has done so much to highlight a fairer world in business. In an article in a magazine recently Anita Roddickwas asked whether as time goes on will you keep campaigning.”Oh yes - it’s in my DNA. Nobody ants to talk about human rights in garment manufacturing but that’s going to be the big one .You need to get people to understand the story behind what they buy and explain what the real cost of something is. I remember going to a sweatshop in Nicaragua and the women were walking three miles to work everyday. One woman said; whatever you do tell them that all we want is to move from SLAVERY TO POVERTY”

CO2 Report - 22 miles travel by car

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The Weekend

I am working from home this weekend, doing book work, staff rotas, and all standard stuff. I am also preparing to contact a number of American businesses who may be good sponsors for this project.

CO2 Report 26 miles travel

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81 Days to go - Friday 14th September

It is the end of the week, which has been fairly successful. I am planning to go to France in a few weeks time to meet some sponsors and do some filming.

CO2 Report 12miles Travel by car

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82 Days to go - Thursday 13th September

I have not had much to write about today as I have been working in my Caffe-Society Fairtrade Store all day.

CO2 Report - 18 miles travel by car

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83 Days to go - Wednesday 12th September

Ever since the local paper told my story of this project which was picked by local Radio Stations, I have been approached by people in my Store asking how things are going. It is great telling them the stories and the all the details about this fantastic project. You too can keep up to date with the daily Blogs here on the Millioneuros website.

CO2 Report 34 miles travel by car

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84 Days to go - Tuesday 11th September

I have been again getting in touch with Fairtrade Companies here in the UK and  US. It looks like I could be filming in the US in November, all linked to this project.

CO2 Report today - No travel as I worked from home 

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85 Days to go - Monday 10th SeptemberI have made plans for today to follow up some emails I sent to potential sponsors. I am feeling very positive knowing that by making Fairtrade even more popular and well known is will do so many people a lot of good, especially if this awareness turns into sales.

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The Weekend

It has been a busy weekend as I had to update the Blogs for the last couple of weeks, as they seem to have been lost. Everything is back to normal ready for a busy week ahead.

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86 Days to go - Friday 7th September

It’s the last day of the first week. It has been great to get a positive feedback from people I have been meeting. The project is developing well, especially as I have made it twice as long with the aim of making twice as much from my efforts.

CO2 Report - 24 miles travel by car

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87 Days to go - Thursday 6th September

I have spent today doing more research into the kind of people and businesses that might be interested in being part of the project. I have also been filming my video Blog for the production. Remember the aim of this project is to not only raise a lot of money part of which will go to Charities working in the developing world, and who provide fresh drinking water and sanitation. The remaining amount going towards the design build of an eco green Fairtrade store here in the UK. The plan is to film the entire project, including the possibility of how the money is spent, including filming in Africa, and the UK store.

CO2 Report 31 miles travel by car 

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88 Days to go - Wednesday 5th September

I have spent some of the day at my Caffe-Society Fairtrade store in Newport on the Isle of Wight, 70 miles south of London. I then made some alteration to the Millioneuro website. Lots happening, and if you have had not had a call from yet, then get in touch, email today and be part of this ground breaking project

CO2 Report 22 miles travel by car

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89 Days to go - Tuesday 4th September

I have chosen to keep the project running for a further 90 days. This is part two, having completed Part 1 with some success. I think there is going to be a greater chance of making this happen with some extra time , hence the idea to carry on and exceed the amount I originally aimed for. Keep reading my Blogs to see if I succeed.

CO2 Report - 24 miles travel by car.

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90 Days to go - Part 2 Monday 3rd September

Well here we go. The start of Part 2. I always set a high standard and target, and by carrying on I intend to set a higher target which I believe I can achieve. I have had a couple of weeks rest since the end of Part 1 so I feel refreshed and ready for action. Any money I raise will be great, and to provide people in developing countries with fresh drinking water, something we take for granted here in the developed world would be a great achievement. At the same time your business could benefit from being part of this project as any extra positive publicity will only aid your business through extra sales.

CO2 Report 34 miles travel by car 

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18th August - Sun 2nd September

I am taking advantage of the remaining English Summer by having a well earn rest, prior to starting Part 2 of the Millioneuros project. I just want the weather to cheer up and that would make it complete. 

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Day 90 - End of Part 1 - Friday 17th August

It’s the last day, and I had hoped some while ago to finish a high. However, I have since devised a plan to keep the project going for a further 90days after a short break. Watch to see how my super dooper plan works out, I think you will be surprised !

CO 2 report 12 miles travel by car

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Day 89 - Thursday 16th August

A little relief as I have said before , we are carrying on, and I feel sure this is the right thing to do. Keep reading the Blogs to see what will happen.

CO2 Report 23 miles travel by car

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Day 88 - Wednesday 15th August

As the project draws to a close, at least part 1,   I have devised a plan to try to rise even more, my creating a revolving homepage. It will be made up of 7 homepage that randomly change. 2 people could be looking at the site from separate locations, but would each see 2 different homepages. The reason for this is to create extra capacity for more websites, while not asking for too much money, however if I manage to fill all the spaces, I could reach my target. So keep watching to see how it develops.

CO2 report - 33 miles travel by car 

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Day 87 - Tuesday 14th August

I have enjoyed doing this project but I really feel there is a need to keep the project alive to see if I can improve on the amount I aim to rise. I will disclose yet exactly what we are up to, as part of the production will be to surprise you, hopefully!, watch and see.

CO2 Report - 22 miles travel by car

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Day 86 -Monday 13th August

A steady day working from home on the computer and telephone

No report today

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Day 85 - Friday 10th August

A quiet day as I near the end of Part 1 of the Millioneuro Project

CO2 Report - None I worked from home

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Day 84 - Thursday 9th August

A very quiet day, having spent the morning at my Caffe-Society Store .

CO2 Report 21 miles travel by car

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Day 83 - Wednesday 8th August

Last month I visited Bournemouth, in the South of  England, where there were Tibetan monks creating a Manadala, made of fine coloured sand. The Dalai Lama will visiting the UK next year I want a creation of a Manadala here on the Island. I am in the process of contacting various groups to see if this could be organised.

CO2 Report 23 miles travel by car

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90 Days to go!

It’s Tuesday 28th August and we are going for it. At least I am going to try. Time seems to be the key to this project and even though I set a very difficult target for just 90 days, from what I have been told I would be able to do much better over a further 90 days, not only reach the original target, but very likely surpass it and possibly even double it. So help me do the near impossible. Keep reading the daily Blogs to see how I do.

CO2 Report - 23 miles travel by car

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Monday 20th to Mon27th August

I am planning on having a week off from the project, and start part 2 next Tuesday, official start will be 7pm.Tuesday 28th August 2007.

It’s my Birthday on Tuesday 21st so I will be out and about on the Island, and latter in the week visiting my Caffe-Society Fairtrade Store.

No Report this week

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The weekend

Well I am going to have a well earned rest this weekend.

No report-No travel

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Day 90 -Friday 17th August

Here we are on the last day of the first part of this two part project. I am going to carry on for a further 90days starting on Tuesday 28th August. The plan is to continue to try to raise more funds. Keep reading the Blogs to see what I actually do raise, not just from sponsorship through websites, but by any TV exposure and a possible book of articles that stem from this amazing project.

CO2 Report 24 miles travel by car 

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Day 89 -Thursday 16th August

Well here we are nearly at the end of the first part of the project. It seems to be developing well, and when the TV Production is complete will make a very interesting programme. I am now planning to have next week off and then try to aim to raise more funds for a further 90 days and aim to reach a really high figure. The plan is to do this to add some spice to the show and to allow the charities and other projects to benefit from the possible high returns, so wish me luck.

CO2 Report 23 miles travel by car today

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Wednesday 15th August

This project has been amazing, a real experience, and a success in many ways. As you may know the project is being filmed and the plan now being put forward partly by the production company is to continue to raise funds over a further 90 days and possibly aim for twice as much as the original goal. This is very tempting and I will be contacting potential sponsors and companies to see if they would like to join this amazing project and be part of history in raising lots of money for developing countries, like those who produce FAIRTRADE products. Watch this space for the latest update

CO2 Report 34 miles travel by car

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Tuesday 14th August

We have being having some really hot weather in recent days, so I am now selling Iced Latte. This is simple to do. 2 shots of Fairtrade Coffee a glass of cold milk and a scoop of Ben & Jerry Fairtrade Vanilla Ice Cream, blend together, and serve in a long glass. What about a cool Iced Mocha - 1 double shot of Fairtrade Espresso, 2 Heaped spoons of Fairtrade Coco Drinking Chocolate, a glass of cold milk and a scoop of Ben & Jerry Vanilla Ice Cream, blend all together and serve in a long glass with a spig of mint and three ice cubes. Simply Fab by the pool !

Co 2 Report 33 miles travel by car 

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Monday 13th August

The start of a new week and the getting towards the end of the first part of the project. Read later this week in my Blog about a possible idea to make this project even more interesting.

CO2 Report 23 miles travel by car

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The Weekend

I have chosen to have a quiet weekend just doing paper work for the project and my Fairtrade Store. All a bit uninteresting really. Looking forward to Monday and talking to more sponsors and businesses.

CO2 Report 45 miles travel by car

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Friday 10th Aug

I am still amazed at the positive response I get when I tell people what I am trying to do, by raising awareness about Fairtrade and promoting companies that sell these great products. Take a look at the companies already taking part.

CO2 Report 33 miles travel by car

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Thursday 9th August

A quiet day today, but doing more research about companies who sell and install solar power. This will be useful for the other part of the project linked to environmental issues and the new eco green Fairtrade Store.

CO2 Report 25 miles travel by car 

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Wednesday 8th August

I often asked what is this project about. Well the idea is to raise the profile of Fairtrade Products and to link the connection between developing countries and environmental issues. With this project I want to raise funds to be able to donate half to a Charity that supplies fresh drinking water and sanitation in countries like the ones many Fairtrade Products come from. Also I would like to develop a new eco-green environmental Fairtrade Store which would have all the latest ideas to save energy and promote a greener future. Ideas that could be applied to maybe more high street stores in time. I want to film this being carried out so that maybe in the near future many more people can see how the funds were spent and what the results were.

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Day 82- Tuesday 7th August
I was in Denver USA last month and was getting to see for myself of the hot temperatures and read in the local paper - The Rocky Mountain News how best to survive the heat.
Drink more fluids - especially water. Regardless of your activity level and do not wait until you get thirsty.
Do Not Drink Alcohol, or sugary drinks, these cause you to loose body fluids.
Stay Indoors and if possible stay in an air conditioned place
Take a cool shower or bath
Wear Lightweight, light colored loose fitting clothing.
Heat stroke is when the bodies’ temperature rises rapidly, the sweating mechanism fails and the body is unable to cool down. Warning signs are, high body temperature (above 103 degrees) red hot dry skin, rapid and strong pulse and a throbbing headache, dizziness, nausea, confusion, unconsciousness. What to do - cool the victim by moving him to shade, placing him in a cool shower, spray with garden hose, and do not give the victim fluids. So beware this summer, mind you while it may be hot in the USA and the Med in Europe we are not getting much of a summer here in the UK.
Remember that as part of my project I intend to raise funds for Find Your Feet who provide fresh drinking water in developing countries, so please support me and allow you and your business website to benefit from my project internet site and the future TV Production being made about my project.
CO2 Report - 34 miles travel by car
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Day 81 - Monday 6th August
As you may know I love cooking, and if you log onto Google and type in “Millioneurosin90days” you will see being filmed in Newport High Street, cooking in front of shoppers, various dishes, all made from many Fairtrade Products.
Well here is an idea I got from a magazine recently which I have tried and is really good. Coffee Cream Bread & Butter Pudding. You need 1/4pt milk, 3/4 pint of fresh double cream, 1 shot of espresso Fairtrade Coffee, 1 Fairtrade Vanilla Pod, 2 Eggs, 5 Yolks, 2oz Unrefined Fairtrade Granulated Sugar, 6 x 1 day old croissants, 4oz unsalted butter, 6oz of Fairtrade raisins. Put the milk, double cream, coffee and vanila pod into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Whisk the eggs, yolks and granulated sugar together. Slice the croissants in half lengthwise. Use 1oz of butter to grease an over proof dish. Using the remaining butter spread this on the cut slices of the croissants. Lay half of them down on the base of the dish, butter side up. Sprinkle with raisins and lay the remaining croissants on top. Let the boiled cream cool a little and pour it on to the egg mixture stirring all the time. Put it back on the heat and stir until it starts to thicken and then take of the heat. Strain half of the cream mixture over the croissants and allow to soak for 15 mins, gradually straining over the rest of the mixture until all is in the dish. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180oC/350oF. Cook in a bain marie until set. Take out and allow to cool for 10 mins. Pipe a line of whipped cream up the middle of the pudding, sprinkle the grated chocolate over the cream and dust the whole thing with sugar and serve.
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The Weekend
Here we are, Its Saturday, and I am at my Caffe-Society Fairtrade Store. It’s the start of the World Famous Yachting Event called Cowes Week. For the next 10 days the whole Island becomes the mecca of the International Sailing scene, especially at Cowes a small town 3 miles north of my Caffe-Society Fairtrade Store. I will be there next week promoting my project, photos to follow. I do prefer sailing to motor yachts, and they are more environmentally friendly so this event is very much a “Green” sport in many ways.
CO2 Report this weekend 45 miles travel by car
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