We plan do a public presentation in Peterborough in mid to late September. If you are not already signed up to automatically receive new blog entries and you would like to know the date and time of the presentation, then click on the dark green FOLLOW rectangle at the bottom left corner of the green panel on … Continue reading Two wheels good
If you follow our blog at all regularly, you will realise that we haven’t made it home yet in our blog, and there has been a long lull in our writing. We indeed are settled, or I should say settling back into our home. We’ve been too busy unpacking, planting the vegetable garden and visiting … Continue reading Blown away by the wind power of northern Germany
We “landed” at Yvonne’s aunt and uncle’s fabulous farm in Denmark a few days back after our longest cycling days of the trip. Our days have been more relaxed of recent. Our bicycles were sold yesterday and we are off to Iceland this Sunday. Yvonne’s mom Betty joined us at the farm and will travel … Continue reading Oozing green in Freiburg
Nous sommes à Freiburg dans le sud-ouest de l’Allemagne. C’est peut-être la ville la plus écologique au monde. On reste avec Peter et Sabina, en utilisant le réseau Warm Showers. Je peut voir les collines en France d’où je suis maintenant. We are in Freiburg in southwestern Germany. It is possibly the most sustainable city … Continue reading l’Allemagne – c’est chouette à bicyclette
The rest of my family told me that this blog title was way to cheesy. I used it anyway. Our second full day in UAE was as full as the first. This day, we went to see the sights of Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE, a one hour drive from Dubai. Both of our … Continue reading Abu Dhabi is not too shabby
We went through a time warp and got a glimpse of the future in the hills above Pokhara. We saw sustainable food production, local building materials, and renewable energy use. It was the year 2072! Actually, we celebrated Nepali New Year (which fell on the night of April 13) at this serene haven of eco … Continue reading The future is green at Annapurna Eco Village
One of Hong Kong’s big attractions (rivaling HK Disney!) is a park that combines amazing aquariums, education about threats to the oceans and the conservation of endangered animals with extreme roller coasters … a combination we just couldn’t pass up! Also, as a teacher, I have to say that the chance to visit an amusement … Continue reading Ocean Park is worth a visit
In Indonesian, “orang” means “person” and “utan” means “forest”. Now before I begin, for anyone planning on going to Tanjung Puting national park (in Kalimantan, Indonesia) to see orangutans like we did, I’d like to highly recommend to you 2 things. Firstly, you should do it even if it’s out of your way, because it … Continue reading The Awesome Orangutan Trip
As I post this blog from Mindoro Island, Philippines, we are thinking of the people in Vanuatu who were hit by tropical storm Pam. Many are without homes, water and electricity now. Subsistence farmers will struggle for a long time if crops were wiped out, as I know they were in some places. Y —————————————————————— … Continue reading Bali Green School visit
Some of our Canadian readers may recall a TV ad for Molson Canadian that ran last spring, during the Stanley Cup playoffs. In it, a couple of guys painstakingly traveled with a fridge full of beer to surprise their friend, Morgan, whom they “hadn’t seen since he moved to the Gili islands in Indonesia”. If … Continue reading The Gilis (tourist mecca)
