Well its been a busy old time...

The last few weeks have been crazy. I have been frantically preparing for a Video Horse Racing Night which I held on the 22nd July @ The Grasshopper in Poole. Thank you to everyone who made it a success. Together we raised over £475, which is enough to break my target for the Everest Base Camp Trek. We've now raised enough to change the lives of 200 people. In the coming 17 weeks leading up to the Trek I will be concentrating on my training schedule and as we get closer to the date I'll be training 8 hours a day over the weekends while also maintaining 3 gym sessions a weeks and some brisk walks at lunchtime. Damn I'll be hungry! :)

The Politicians can only facilitate - We must all make the change

Politics can only implement the necessary economic instruments to facilitate environmental improvements. In the end it is up us to implement to the changes required if this civilisation is to carry on. Civilisations rise and fall that is certain. Change must be made by individuals, only then will it work.

'Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish caught, will we realise that we cannot eat money'

In a continued quest to minimise my carbon footprint and literally 'Change the world now' I've bought a new eco-car - well the best I could get with my money. After debating with my housemate Matt, I finally came round to the idea that diesel does actually have lower Carbon Dioxide emissions than LPG. My second-hand Vauxhall Corsa (53 plate) does 64MPG, cost 50 quid a year to tax, runs on Diesel and has a 1.3 engine.

After a ongoing ordeal with my previous car insurer (HSBC) I’ve also decided to change my insurance cover to to CO-OPs ‘eco-insurance’. Which costs me no extra than my existing insurer – a bonus!

Ecoinsurance is the UK's first car insurance policy to help offset some of my car's CO_2. and the CO-OP is the UK's only insurance provider with a customer-led Ethical Engagement Policy.

My third latest development has been a change in electricity supplier. Thanks to the ‘green’ mailing list I’m on at work, I found out about a new supplier which only generates 100% sustainable electricity (mainly from wind farms).

Forget the politics about nuclear power folks! If you really want alternatives then invest in them by changing supplier. Now there is no extra cost there really is no excuse. Log on to www.ecotricity.co.uk and change today. In fact if you can’t figure it out I’ll even help you, just drop me a email.

Our new electricity supplier – Ecotricity - costs no-extra!

YES – 100% sustainable electricity at NO EXTRA COST! The is no-excuse.