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Volcanic Efforts
Last month, something impressive happened in Edinburgh. No, I’m not talking about the festival – but the Arthur’s Seat Challenge. Committed climate activist Dave Bell organised the 24 hour race of the UK’s most famous volcano – who could climb Arthur’s Seat the most times in 24 hours?
Andrew Rigg topped the charts, climbing the 131m ascent an impressive 41 times in 24 hours. My legs wobble just thinking about it.
Why put yourself through such pain, I hear you ask? Continue reading
August’s Priority Do Actions
A speed blog from me today.
We have five new priority Do Actions for August. Here’s what they are and why we chose them.
Do the Devil Mud Run for Do Nation – Sat 17th Sept
Challenge yourself this Autumn to an 8km obstacle run for Do Nation. It won’t be easy, you will get muddy, but use it to raise pledges amongst your friends and family and it will be worthwhile.
Here’s the deal: you challenge yourself to getting wet, muddy and generally exhausted; those supporting you challenge themselves by pledging to make an environmental change in their lives for 2 months. That’s the time it takes for something to become a habit, so together we’ll be creating permanent change. Continue reading
June’s Doer of the Month: Eleonore Lazat for her First Triathlon
Eleonore is our latest Doer of the Month, earning the crown thanks to her impressive efforts in her first triathlon in June, raising 57 pledges in support of it. We caught up with her to hear her story and advice on inspiring friends to live more sustainably through Do Nation.
June’s Doer of the Month: Andy Smith cycles Le Tour des Stades
Over the last six weeks, Andy Smith and Annie Glennie have been cycling around France, riding between the Euro2016 football stadiums and social enterprises – all whilst raising support through Do Nation. They raised 122 pledges, saving as much carbon as emitted by driving twice around the world!
Not only did they pick up the prestigious title of Doer of the Month, but they also won a year’s supply of Ben & Jerry’s for their efforts.
Here’s their story… Continue reading
June’s Priority Do Actions
Each month, we update the priority Do Actions for all our Free tier campaigns (Pro users can pick and choose their own priority Do Actions, of course).
Here’s what we thought would be most apt and impactful this month.
Natasha Fanshawe: 6 marathons, 5 days, 1 desert.
Natasha Fanshawe is a freelance project manager from London. Earlier this month, she ran 250 km across the Sahara Desert in Namibia as part of the 4deserts Sahara Race, raising support through pledges on Do Nation.
Together, her friends saved as much carbon as 10,513 bananas. I caught up with her to hear a bit more about this mind-boggling challenge…
April’s Doer of the Month: An epic commute
On 22nd April, Stuart Cocks embarked on a pretty epic commute: cycling 38 miles to work and, thanks to his friends blasting past his pledge target, another 38 miles back again. By raising an impressive 64 pledges (and saving over 5 tonnes CO2), he earned the title of April’s Doer of the Month.
Here’s his story.
Doer of the month – Chloe Hampson, running the Barcelona marathon and a special proposal!
Our latest doer of the month is the fab Chloe Hampson, who ran the Barcelona marathon in March supported by an incredible 103 pledges from friends, family and colleagues.
