Tour de World » Charity http://www.tour-de-world.org The Adventures of David Achtzehn Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 London to Paris by bike http://www.tour-de-world.org/2010/01/london-to-paris-by-bike/ http://www.tour-de-world.org/2010/01/london-to-paris-by-bike/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:57:29 +0000 dachtzehn http://www.tour-de-world.org/?p=267 Are you still looking for a little adventure to do in 2010? Hope&Homes for Children (a charity I hope to raise some awareness for during some of my adventures) has an amazing program of small and big challenges for 2010, from running a half marathon, cycling from London to Paris or hiking to the Everest base camp. Its a great opportunity to meet new people, join a good fun adventure, get some extra motivation and help with the organisational stuff and all in the name of a good cause.

I am going to run the Bath marathon and perhaps a “quick” cycle to Paris, what is your favourit?

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Anyone still wondering what to do over the summer? If you really want to get to know a different country, its people and culture, you will have to live and work there for a little while. A while back I got the amazing opportunity work on one of SEEDS international volunteering project in Iceland. I never knew a work summer could be so fulfilling, eye opening and fun. Oscar is still running several project all summer, get involved and make a difference to yourself and the world around you.

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]]> http://www.tour-de-world.org/2009/07/iceland/feed/ 0 Home – It’s too late to be a pessimist http://www.tour-de-world.org/2009/06/home-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-too-late-to-be-a-pessimist/ http://www.tour-de-world.org/2009/06/home-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-too-late-to-be-a-pessimist/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:25:17 +0000 dachtzehn http://www.tour-de-world.org/?p=60 This has been an emotional weekend. A van plus a few cars full of stuff later, our house is slowly empting. It’s the first time that I will be the last to leave, giving me some time to recap. In a few hours I will embark on a new challenge and I will take with me many happy memories. This has been by far the best yeat at Uni. Thanks!!

Risking that this blog might get a little longer, I just saw the first full (legal) movie on youtube. It definitely gave some food for thought and discussion. Will we manage to change our ways of treating the world

• 20% of the world consume 80% of its resources
• 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water and go hungry a day
• 50% of grain traded around the world is used for animal feed or bio fuels
• 40% of arable land has suffered long term damage
• Every year 13 million hectors of forest disappear
• 3/4 of fishing grounds are exhausted, depleted or in dangerous decline
• The ice cap is 40% thinner than 40 years ago

The one fact which gave me the most hope was Costa Rica’s decision to dismantle its military and assign the resources to education, eco tourism and the protection of its primary forests.

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