How far would you go to pick up some trash? Sacrifice your free Sunday? Rappel down a cliff face? Ever since launching the PollutionmapHK.com back in early 2018, there was discussion about what would be the best next action step. Mapping trash along Hong Kong Islands...
The howling of the engine was overshadowing everything as Kevin pressed the throttle down – we were speeding with 30knots + towards the Hong Kong harbour. The owner of HK operation Zoomribs had kindly agreed to give us a lift to the tiny island of Kau Yi Chau, thats...
Back in spring, when we set out on the "Round the Island" adventure we set our goal to create Hong Kong's first pollution map. 9 months later, having recorded 163 trash hotspots and having taken 51 water measurements - we finally present all the findings on:...
"Round the Island" is continuing to make news. Sending over a great thanks for the guys at Red Bull for featuring the adventure: https://www.redbull.com/au-en/coasteering-hong-kong
Last weekend the Post Magazine of the South China Morning Post, brought a feature about our India trip - I posted already some of the stories previously but hope its still a good read:...
Last Sunday, March 8 marked International Woman's Day. This years theme was: Make it happen! In time for this event, my last project: Education Explorers, has released the trailer of the upcoming documentary about girl education in India – check it...
The misty fort of Jaisalmer, like a gigantic sandcastle rising out of the desert, marked the end point of our rickshaw journey. With its last breath of life, both vehicles managed to get over the finish line. It was with mixed feelings that we handed over the keys and...
Key turned, Choke on, clutch pulled, Neutral in, then a heavy pull (a very heavy pull) on the Lever! …. and off we go: In the last ten days Sofia, Phil, Clare, Tom and myself have travelled more than 2000km - through 6 six states of India, over tiny country roads and...
Two weeks ago I posted about my upcoming adventure in India… Yesterday we finally started - after preparing, pimping and tuning our Rickshaw Clare, Tom, Sofia, Phil and myself are off - 3000 km from Cochin, Kerala to Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Already, after having covered...
In my last blog I mentioned my trip to India - I spent a day in a rural village in northern Rajasthan and one of the most striking observation was the way woman were treated there. In general not even as second class citizens - no, they were third class citizens. Most...
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes!” (Marcel Proust) What are mankind's largest challenges? – here at SU we define them around the following areas: Energy, Water, Security, Poverty, Space, Environment,...
Snow, Hail, Mud, apes and big cats.... my trip to East Africa had it all and still, my final day managed to top the previous experiences!I had the pleasure to visit “Flying Kites”, an orphanage in Njabini, around 100km outside Nairobi. Its run by the charity if my...
Dear Friends & Supporters, With the imminent christmas holidays and December coming to an end its a good time to draw a line and look back at an extraordinary year. A year in which I have seen lots of success, achieved some long sought after dreams, but also had a...
Over the years I have done my fair share of funny events and haven't shied away if something is for a good cause. So, when a few weeks back I read in Time Out HK about a race in pink heels for the benefit of breast cancer awareness I was game. The task: Run as fast as...