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Behind the scenes with Captain Polo: Doom and gloom is not cool
Whether its for COVID19 or the underlying climate crisis, naysaying, denial and despair are not the way to go. Coronavirus will pass, climate change will not. Some of the effects of global warming we will have to learn to live with. By rallying to the cause, by embracing the challenge and switching small things we…
Read MoreBehind the scenes with Captain Polo: Polo in the land of contrasts
Polo learns about climate change in India – at the same time a powerhouse of both fossil fuels and renewable sources of clean energy.
Read MorePolo in Ecuador: the giant sponge effect!
Dear followers,Welcome to Ecuador! I’m here visiting my biographer, Alan Hesse, the author of the comic book I star in. Today we’re visiting the Antisana volcano, which has the biggest glacier in Ecuador and is 5,790 metres high: that’s more than 5 times higher than Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Britain! The day of my visit to Antisana the…
Read MoreWater makes electricity in Malawi
Dear followers, I’ve just come back from Malawi in southern Africa! I visited people living in villages in the south of Malawi, near the town of Mulanje. These villages have electricity thanks to a project by Practical Action and a local non-profit company called MEGA. Thanks to this project, people are lighting up their homes, powering schools and energising businesses. …
Read MoreMy visit to Nepal and ‘Gravity Goods Ropeways’
Dear followers, I’m very excited to be writing this blog about my recent trip to Nepal! A very nice fellow called Andy Heath who works with an organisation called Practical Action kindly took me all the way to Nepal with him to meet some villagers who have had a big problem getting the things that they need,…
Read MorePolo learns about El Niño and Climate Change in the Pacific
Dear followers, this time I haven’t written a blog – too busy filming! My biographer and I are exploring the effects of climate change on the Pacific coast of South America. Check out my nifty shades! Don’t forget to like and subscribe to my Youtube channel! Bye!
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