Earth Star Launch Walk 12.6.2019
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Who We Are
We are Dan and Rougan Collins. For many years we have studied herbalism, holistic therapies, vegan catering and massage with the intention of delivering alternative methods to utilise for health and well-being.
What We’re About
In 2018, we decided to turn our company Earth Star into a charitable cause focusing on providing for the homeless whilst planting abundant much-needed trees in Sherwood Forest. Having both experienced homelessness as teenagers, we are each familiar with the harsh challenges of such a life, while simultaneously being aware of the ecological challenges faced by our planet. In November of last year, the charity Shelter stated that there were about 320,000 homeless people in the UK. More troubling still, this figure was said to be an underestimate. That is over a quarter of a million people without a permanent home and most likely hungry, in a state of ill health and sleeping in unsanitary conditions in exposed and unsafe areas of our towns and cities. You don’t have to be involved in a homelessness charity to deduce that a crisis has presented itself to a vast amount of people in the UK, which means it has presented itself to all of us.
What We Want To Do
We wish to turn Earth Star into a company which supports and safeguards the vulnerable of our country using methods coinciding with ecologically friendly and sustainable living, therefore minimising the impact we have on the environment and turning the lives around of those of us living in miserable conditions. We envision the implementation of mobile shelters in cities as ad-hoc support for those in need; the transformation of derelict buildings into well-being centres offering food, shelter and support staffed by professionals in healthcare, offering showers, haircuts and a place to sleep. Eventually, we will plant as many trees as possible in Sherwood Forest and buy land to expand our goals by placing a holistic centre offering yoga, environmental workshops, organic food and drink, a woodland graveyard and an environmental college aiming to educate people on sustainable and ecologically viable living.
Why We Have Started A Fundraiser
To mark the launch of Earthstar, we are set to complete a sponsored walk, coast to coast, between the cities of Liverpool and Hull, via Manchester and Leeds. This will take place between June-June. We shall place a marquee in each city and distribute survival packages including food, clothing, blankets and sanitary products to any who require them. To do this, we are asking for support from you so we can achieve this. We shall need supplies for this undertaking to create these survival packages, to feed the crew and provide fuel for support vehicles. After some deliberation, we have deduced that a sum of £5,500 will cover the costs for these supplies. Any amount you are able to donate will be a blessing and we give thanks to you for taking time to read our little thing, here.
Any donation towards our cause will be appreciated.
We believe that together we can manifest the things we envision. All it takes is a little cooperation and remembering that we are a unified community, not a group of disconnected individuals out for ourselves and ourselves only in these challenging times.
A forest is an eco-system where the trees rely on nutrients the fungi that lie beneath the ground at the base of their trunks deliver to them and vice-versa. Forests work because each element of them cooperate with each other. Let’s be more like them.
Blessings.
Dan and Rougan.
We are Dan and Rougan Collins. For many years we have studied herbalism, holistic therapies, vegan catering and massage with the intention of delivering alternative methods to utilise for health and well-being.
What We’re About
In 2018, we decided to turn our company Earth Star into a charitable cause focusing on providing for the homeless whilst planting abundant much-needed trees in Sherwood Forest. Having both experienced homelessness as teenagers, we are each familiar with the harsh challenges of such a life, while simultaneously being aware of the ecological challenges faced by our planet. In November of last year, the charity Shelter stated that there were about 320,000 homeless people in the UK. More troubling still, this figure was said to be an underestimate. That is over a quarter of a million people without a permanent home and most likely hungry, in a state of ill health and sleeping in unsanitary conditions in exposed and unsafe areas of our towns and cities. You don’t have to be involved in a homelessness charity to deduce that a crisis has presented itself to a vast amount of people in the UK, which means it has presented itself to all of us.
What We Want To Do
We wish to turn Earth Star into a company which supports and safeguards the vulnerable of our country using methods coinciding with ecologically friendly and sustainable living, therefore minimising the impact we have on the environment and turning the lives around of those of us living in miserable conditions. We envision the implementation of mobile shelters in cities as ad-hoc support for those in need; the transformation of derelict buildings into well-being centres offering food, shelter and support staffed by professionals in healthcare, offering showers, haircuts and a place to sleep. Eventually, we will plant as many trees as possible in Sherwood Forest and buy land to expand our goals by placing a holistic centre offering yoga, environmental workshops, organic food and drink, a woodland graveyard and an environmental college aiming to educate people on sustainable and ecologically viable living.
Why We Have Started A Fundraiser
To mark the launch of Earthstar, we are set to complete a sponsored walk, coast to coast, between the cities of Liverpool and Hull, via Manchester and Leeds. This will take place between June-June. We shall place a marquee in each city and distribute survival packages including food, clothing, blankets and sanitary products to any who require them. To do this, we are asking for support from you so we can achieve this. We shall need supplies for this undertaking to create these survival packages, to feed the crew and provide fuel for support vehicles. After some deliberation, we have deduced that a sum of £5,500 will cover the costs for these supplies. Any amount you are able to donate will be a blessing and we give thanks to you for taking time to read our little thing, here.
Any donation towards our cause will be appreciated.
We believe that together we can manifest the things we envision. All it takes is a little cooperation and remembering that we are a unified community, not a group of disconnected individuals out for ourselves and ourselves only in these challenging times.
A forest is an eco-system where the trees rely on nutrients the fungi that lie beneath the ground at the base of their trunks deliver to them and vice-versa. Forests work because each element of them cooperate with each other. Let’s be more like them.
Blessings.
Dan and Rougan.
Organizer and beneficiary
Luke Roberts
Organizer
Daniel Collins
Beneficiary
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