Showing posts with label Environmental. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environmental. Show all posts
Sunday, May 29, 2011
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
Sunday, April 24, 2011
WHAT A KID!- This is what Y.G.S is all about!
"When Cole found out that Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was cutting down trees in wetland forests in his home state of North Carolina, he took a small group of his friends to KFC headquarters to speak to KFC executives and deliver over 6,000 petition letters. They urged the company to be a leader in environmental business by using more post-consumer recycled paper in their packaging.
The two executives gave each child a paper voucher for $5 off their next KFC purchase and sent them on their way. KFC has not made any changes to their environmental policy."
Here is Cole's story
CHECK out the Vid:
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Recap!!!
Recap........
OK, I've been out of touch with the whole blogging thing, no excuses.
2010- OK, how do I start to express how much it changed my view on life and how it changed me. I'm only 17, but it feels like I've been on this mortal coil for so much longer. Why?
From the last post,Yep, I did get through to the Himalaya expedition :) We spent a month in North Pakistan, Karakoram! The trip took us onto Baltorro Glacier, we researched the affect of Climate Change on the icy wilderness, we were the "Ginni-pigs" for the Mayo Clinic, and then Mike Horn lead an assault on an Uncharted "Virgin" Peak. We summited it, all 6170m's of it PANGAEA Peak!!
What made this something truly unique- the people of Pakistan. We get this stereotypical impression from our western ideals that the Middle East is full of bombs and violence, however all i saw was friendly and helpful people who live in a harsh and different environment.
Check the pix out!!
OK, I've been out of touch with the whole blogging thing, no excuses.
2010- OK, how do I start to express how much it changed my view on life and how it changed me. I'm only 17, but it feels like I've been on this mortal coil for so much longer. Why?
From the last post,Yep, I did get through to the Himalaya expedition :) We spent a month in North Pakistan, Karakoram! The trip took us onto Baltorro Glacier, we researched the affect of Climate Change on the icy wilderness, we were the "Ginni-pigs" for the Mayo Clinic, and then Mike Horn lead an assault on an Uncharted "Virgin" Peak. We summited it, all 6170m's of it PANGAEA Peak!!
What made this something truly unique- the people of Pakistan. We get this stereotypical impression from our western ideals that the Middle East is full of bombs and violence, however all i saw was friendly and helpful people who live in a harsh and different environment.
Check the pix out!!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Kicking Off my 1st Post
2010 so far has been a whirl wind of challenges and adventures!! Just to give you a quick brief of what has happened in recent years. After a ton of work I summited Mt. Kilimanjaro in early 2009 AND I managed to raised awareness for Epilepsy S.A and recently I've become the representative for the Western Cape and the Face of the Epilepsy Youth Awareness Program. Since I got down from Kili my hunger to climb has grown MASSIVELY! So a friend(Josh)and I have been preparing to another high peak, Mt. Elbrus(Russia).
BACK TO 2010. The year for me started and I thought the climb was going to be all which was going to happen, little did I know:)
My love for the Environment has been going on for well a very long time, BUT its strengthened extraordinarily for the past 4/5 years since a few scary images of what is currently happening to mother earth :( then I found a certain website and I didn't know that it would literally change my life forever!!
The Mike Horn Pangaea Young Explorers Program(YEP) is a project which has been created to bring together and make more Environmental Ambassadors. I applied for one of the expeditions and I got into the 5th Pangaea Himalayan Expedition!!!!
BACK TO 2010. The year for me started and I thought the climb was going to be all which was going to happen, little did I know:)
My love for the Environment has been going on for well a very long time, BUT its strengthened extraordinarily for the past 4/5 years since a few scary images of what is currently happening to mother earth :( then I found a certain website and I didn't know that it would literally change my life forever!!
The Mike Horn Pangaea Young Explorers Program(YEP) is a project which has been created to bring together and make more Environmental Ambassadors. I applied for one of the expeditions and I got into the 5th Pangaea Himalayan Expedition!!!!
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