http://www.feetofgreen.com The Crossing of Greenland 2008 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:18:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ I have received this report from Alan and Peter on today's activities in Isortorq "We have been helping the local community clear up some of the waste that is lying around everywhere and were rewarded with coffee and biscuits in one of their houses so we passed a few hours on ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/05/ice-log-31st-may-2008/ Click below for the BBC Radio Bristol interview where I provided an update on the Feet of green expedition and our efforts to get Alan and Peter out of Greenland.  Nothing more to report on that yet but I am in regular communications and will keep the website updates as ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/05/bbc-radio-bristol-feet-of-green-update-31st-may-2008/ Homecoming UPDATE AT 13:00 HRS UK TIME 28th MAY 2008 Unfortunately Alan and Peter are currently stuck in the remote outpost of Isortoq in Greenland (Photographs below and in the On the Ice gallery section) which is where they were taken by the dogs as the las leg of their journey off ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/05/come-and-welcome-alan-and-peter-home-at-bristol-airport-on-thursday-29th-may-1655/ I have spoken to Alan and Peter this evening and they are guests with the local police chief who is also the hunter, and his wife, so are relieved that they are being fed this evening as they had not expected to still be in Isortoq. More photos in the ... http://www.feetofgreen.com/2008/05/many-thanks-from-alan-peter-to-great-british-mobility-group/