Tomorrow is the big day

And I am very excited and nervous. It is going to be a very special fundraising evening with diner, dancing and live music. In order to raise the money we so desperately need for our recycling-project we are doing everything ourselves and that is quite challenging. Cooking, serving and entertainment for 150 paying guests plus coping with a "waiting list" of more than 50 people who wanted a ticket as well but were too late as we are completely sold out.

We also have been making all kinds of decorations out of plastic bottles like these candle holders:

I just hope all will go well and everybody will have a great time.  Wish us luck!

Will the snow affect our party?

This week is preparation week for our big Green Fox fundraising dinner-dance party on Saturday. It has been a year exactly since we officially introduced the Green Fox to the island. It has been a very good year. Lots of work, lots of bottles but very fulfilling, we managed to send of 33 tonnes of plastic bottles directly to the recycling plant on the mainland. Plus we have more than one tonne of aluminum cans ready to be shipped.

A good reason to celebrate and an opportunity to make some much needed cash. We are still renting a press but we have to buy one and that is a big investment. The cost of the project is not covered by the income of the sale of the plastic. One of the reasons is that the transportation costs are so high. So we rely on sponsorships and collecting money with all kinds of happenings.

The weatherforecast for this week was: WINTER and how right they were.

Yesterday morning it was snowing but not strongly enough. It was very cold though!

This morning the snow is falling in big flakes and is here to stay!

Any other time I would have been very happy with the snow but not this week! Every time I look out the window, the flakes are getting bigger! I am worried..... Lets keep our fingers crossed that we have no suprises like powercuts.

Oef, that was complicated!

For the last 5 hours I have been working on giving our green fox it's new home. Yes, he moved to another family. Not that there is anything wrong with the blogger family, au contraire! But I thought it would be easier to handle two totally different blogs at two different locations. Well I am not so sure now. It was pretty complicated to get used to another system and I need a lot more practice.
Anyway, our fox is finally introduced to the island and I am very happy to say that he was well received. We are totally ready for our project and I hope everybody remains as enthousiastic as they are right now. So no more writing about him on these pages. All updates on his own blog!

Now life can go on as usual.

Perfect!

We found the most perfect premises for our recycling operation Green Fox. Maybe it doesn't look like much on the photograph but it really is ideal. It has so much potential and is perfectly located. It also has a very positive energy feeling to it. And we can use it for free for a couple of months! But then we will have to decide: are we going for it all the way and rent it which means we have to do some serious fundraising. Of course it depends on how our project will be received. Well, we'll know that very soon.

It has been over a month since I first wrote about our ambitious plan for the recycling of waterbottles. Since then we have been very busy with planning and now we are finally coming to the really scary bit.

We introduced the Green Fox to the island. He will be our trademark and sign for our recycling plan. The idea of creating a mystery around the arrival of the green fox on the island has worked amazingly well. Nobody really knows exactly what it is all about and guesses and speculations of the wildest sort are coming to our ears.

In 10 days we will have to have our presentation ready and our plans more finalized so we can present it to the local population.

We will have to explain the importance of at least giving it a try and of starting on a small basis. With their help and support this can turn into something really special.

I am very excited about the whole project but also very anxious about the confrontation next week.