Feet of Green

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In May 2008 Alan Chambers MBE and Peter Herbert led the largest ever British polar expedition focused on education. They crossed one of the world’s largest glaciers and brought their experience to the classrooms of the United Kingdom and beyond. Read more about the expedition.

Latest Updates

Hi to all NewG - Looking forward to Guatemala

June 4, 2010 | Filed Under NewG Values in Action | No Comments

Hi to all the NewG family members - we are all excited about the Values in Action evento in Guatemala next week. You will find it useful to browse around this website and find out a bit about the Feet of Green team - you will be meeting some of us in Guatemala so here […]

Feet of Green Win Prestigious Eco-Hero Award from Eco-Schools & Keep Britain Tidy

April 28, 2010 | Filed Under 2010 NEWS, Education | No Comments

Feet of Green were delighted to receive the prestigious Eco-Hero Award in recognition of outstanding achievement. Pictured below is Peter Herbert of the Feet of Green Team proudly displaying the award and certificate.
Dr Richard Hale of Feet of Green said: ‘We were surprised and very proud to receive this award. We believe with the Great […]

A World First - Youngest Father & Son on Geographic North Pole -Interview with Ollie Chambers, Age 9, First Published Here !

April 19, 2010 | Filed Under 2010 NEWS, Education, On the Ice | No Comments

The story has now spread around the planet - Read the Press Coverage from the UK to Norway to China:
Mail Online: http://bit.ly/brS1Uk

e-Metro: http://bit.ly/b3cJva

This is Bristol (Evening Post) http://bit.ly/c6yA3k
Norweigan Press - http://bit.ly/acsAOg
Chinese Press - http://bit.ly/9c8vUu
Black Sea, Turkey - http://bit.ly/b8GjAK

Richard Hale from the Feet of Green team based in Bristol took the opportunity to interview Ollie Chambers, age 9 on the […]

Father & Son (Alan & Ollie Chambers) Reach the North Pole

April 19, 2010 | Filed Under 2010 NEWS, Education, On the Ice | No Comments

Stop Press: Father and Son (Alan and Ollie Chambers MBE) reached the North Pole on 17th April 2010
10 years after Alan Chambers and Charlie Paton became the first Britons to reach the Geographic North Pole walking unassisted from Canada, Alan has returned with his son Ollie Chambers aged 9. This again is a remarkable first […]

Feet of Green Award To Young Reporters

May 28, 2009 | Filed Under Education | No Comments

28th May 2009 saw the convening of the jury for the international Young Reporters for the Environment awards at the Federation for Environmental Education offices in Paris. Peter Herbert and Dr Richard Hale were delighted to represent the Feet of Green team on jury. This entailed judging from over 40 very high quality […]

Alan leads group to the South Pole - January 2009…

January 14, 2009 | Filed Under On the Ice | 1 Comment

if you are a follower of Feet of Green you may have wondered what we have been up to recently - here is a quick update - we have been working on securing sponsorship for what we think will be an amazing adventure - taking a group of school students to the geographic North Pole. […]

Herrick Primary School - Wind Turbine Project

July 1, 2008 | Filed Under Education | No Comments

Herrick Primary School in Leicester are going to instal a wind turbine at their school so that they can reduce their carbon ‘footprint’. They are very excited because they hope to have it up and running very soon. Year 3 and 4 classes have been doing a project on ‘Weather around the World’ […]

Foundation for Environmental Education General Assembly - 18th and 19th June 2008 & Green Flag Presentation to Cockermouth School

June 19, 2008 | Filed Under Education | No Comments

Peter and Richard were delighted to have the opportunity to present to the Foundation for Environmental Education General Assembly on the 18th June 2008 in Cumbria a keynote talk at the dinner with representatives from over 40 countries running the Eco Schools programmes.
On the 19th June they also presented the highlights of […]

Come and Welcome Alan & Peter Home Today - Bristol Airport 16:55

June 3, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 7 Comments

We are very pleased to announce that Alan and Peter are today on the final leg of their journey home. They will be catching a flight from Reykjavik in Iceland to Bristol via Amsterdam flying into Bristol Airport at 16:55 on KLM Airline flight KL1053.
Everyone is welcome to come along to the airport to cheer […]

Getting Alan and Peter Home - Latest as at 2nd June

June 3, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 2 Comments

UPDATE: Monday 2nd June 17:00 UK time.
Alan and Peter had a last minute cancellation opportunity and ended up getting the 1400 hrs flight today from Kulusuk to Reykjavik. We have now booked them on the Reykjavic flight to Amsterdam tomorrow morning and then from Amsterdam to Bristol arriving 16.55 at Bristol airport. There […]