http://www.feetofgreen.com The Crossing of Greenland 2008 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:46:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2010/06/hi-to-all-newg-looking-forward-to-guatemala/ 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. ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2010/04/feet-of-green-win-prestigious-eco-hero-award-from-eco-schools-keep-britain-tidy/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2010/04/interview-with-ollie-chambers-age-9-on-the-geographic-north-pole/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2010/04/father-son-alan-ollie-chambers-reach-the-north-pole/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2009/05/feet-of-green-award-to-young-reporters/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2009/01/alan-leads-group-to-the-south-pole-january-2009/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/07/herrick-primary-school-wind-turbine-project/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/06/federation-for-environmental-education-general-assembly-18th-and-19th-june-2008-green-flag-presentation-to-cockermouth-school/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/06/come-and-welcome-alan-peter-home-today-bristol-airport-1655/ 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 ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/06/getting-alan-and-peter-home-latest-as-at-30th-may/