I’m really looking forward to the day, hoping to be challenged, inspired, galvanised, energised and so much more today! Humanitarian work is a big passion of mine and an area I want to go with my photography work (http://hoskinsgallery.com/humanitarian-photography/)

I’ll be blogging on and off throughout the day and after,

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At only £1200 – £1400 to convert a car (estimated!) This doesn’t seem as expensive as I first imagined it would – still can’t afford to do it though! I have been chatting to Linda on and off for a few years and we would consider a hybrid electric car….I’m getting visions of having a de-lorean with a blender on top cruising down the A90 to Edinburgh……

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we’re very blessed here in Aberdeen with what our council will collect for recycling – we have fortnightly collections for biodegradable waste; paper and cardboard; plastic packaging and bottles; glass containers and bottles – and we have easy access to clothes/ material recycling; wood recycling and all sorts of other recycling at the local supermarkets and council run tips.

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My only travel plans for this summer so far are most certainly UK based! We’re heading to CLAN gathering in July, where we’ll be volunteering at the Tearfund Cafe there! I’ll be posting more about that later.

I also intend on doing a lot of cycling an walking in the nearby Cairngorms – accompanied by some of my friends and colleagues from Cotswolds, should be awesome!

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Those who know me will laugh at this one, I’m renowned for taking long showers – something about standing under hot water is refreshing! However, I am taking this challenge to heart – I’m going to make a concerted effort to take shorter showers – we’ll see how it goes…..

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Tea and coffee is certainly something I take for granted, especially at work. On a busy day, we can sometimes go through 6/7 rounds of tea for up to 11 staff at a time in Cotswolds. We are quite conscious about not overfilling the kettle though. We’re also quite conscious about that at home too. I’d love one day to invest in a more energy efficient kettle too, every little helps!

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I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t speak this week at Church about the fast or the issues – I’ll need to improve on that! I am however making an effort this year to wear warmer clothes than use the heating – I’m getting quite into woolen base layers and insulated jackets/ tops.

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I’m afraid I’m going to have to point-blank refuse to operate a no-fly home. You see, my dream in life is to become a Humanitarian photographer – this will involve at least some overseas travel, most likely by air! What I will do instead however, is to find ways to reduce my carbon footprint as much as possible when I do fly – whatever I can do, I’ll do my best to do!

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I’ll need to look into getting an energy monitor then! However, this is something that has been foremost in Linda and I’s minds since we started our business. As we need to use the computer so much, we’ve noticed our energy use going up at home – especially when we think about all the other energy use working from home invariably involves! But, we are making an active effort to lower our consumption – every kick in the right direction helps!!

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This ones quite a tricky one for me to try – on one hand, I usually keep my clothes for quite a few years – I’ve got a few T-shirts that pre-date Linda and I marrying, even pre-dating us getting together! (thats 6.5 and 9 years respectively). On the other hand, I’m not very good at sewing or anything like that! When I visited Pakistan last year, I had to re-sew  button on my trousers, took  me 40 minutes!! Ah well, it’s good to learn new skills!

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