DOT Challenge – Latest updates from the ocean:
Braam Malherbe – extreme adventurer, highly respected inspirational speaker and conservationist – together with rowing partner Wayne Robertson, are currently rowing on the vessel Mhondoro to Rio de Janeiro, launching the DOT (Do One Thing) Challenge.
Their journey, covering a distance of 6700km, has been undertaken to highlight the importance of sustainable living and to inspire the international community to Do One Thing (#DOTChallenge) for the planet in an effort to ensure a sustainable future. Their focus will be on the vital importance of protecting our Earth, mostly the plight and preservation of the oceans, on which all life depends.
The DOT Challenge vessel is named Mhondoro, after Mhondoro Game Lodge in Welgevonden Game Reserve in the Waterberg (Limpopo province/South Africa). Mhondoro’s entire operation is based on sound environmental conservation practices and it is committed to making a contribution in each of the DOT Challenge categories – water, waste, conservation and energy. The owners of Mhondoro, Frank and Myriam Vogel, are passionate conservationists and proud sponsors of the DOT Challenge. Through their MF Foundation, the Dutch couple is making a significant contribution to conservation in South Africa as part of a game purchase project to increase numbers in the 35 000 hectare Welgevonden Game Reserve. The reserve has a successful anti-poaching unit and is known for protecting a large white rhino population, in addition to the rest of the Big 5 (lion, buffalo, elephant and leopard).
This year (2017) Mhondoro Game Lodge will launch a drive to eliminate the use of disposable water bottles from lodge operations by providing guests with pure filtered water from source in the Waterberg, and the use of refillable glass and aluminium bottles. Other game lodges in the region are challenged to join the @DOTDo1Thing #NoPlasticH2OBottles challenge and ‘Do One Thing’ to protect and preserve our planet.
Braam and Wayne will be on the ocean for the next two to three months, rowing 24/7 in two-hour shifts. This carefully planned schedule ensures that someone is always awake at night to avoid the many ships crossing the ocean. They began their journey on 7 February and have already covered more than 1800km. The purpose and significance behind this epic row is very important: the DOT movement. DOT (Do One Thing) is a simple acronym that is so much more than a trend, a fad or a catchphrase. These three little letters boldly aim to unite the world in the hope that, together, we can save our planet. By connecting like-minded individuals on a global scale through its website (www.dotchallenge.org) and app, the DOT movement encourages every human being to Do One Thing to protect and preserve our planet from further destruction and harm.
The DOT Challenge team has started a fundraising campaign and is asking the public to actively participate in its success. Malherbe says: “By purchasing a DOT (http://bit.ly/DOTChallenge) you show the world your support for this global initiative and contribute to the wellbeing of the planet you call home. Everybody is welcome, from individuals to corporates and companies. Every DOT purchased goes to the DOT Foundation (www.thedotfoundation.org) This will help the DOT movement go viral, to enlighten and empower people of all ages to become better custodians of our finite Earth by providing opportunities for training and employment, to provide public education and advocacy to save the planet, to promote bio-diversity, conserve natural resources and counter global movement. It will also help to develop the DOT Challenge app – our free tool to make the all-important daily lifestyle changes needed to save our planet.
Please like our page to get regular updates: /DotDo1Thing
Track Malherbe and Robertson live via the DOT app https://appsto.re/us/jsSNgb.i and on the website: www.dotchallenge.org
Follow the conversation at #DOTChallenge #CapeToRioRow
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BRAAM MALHERBE
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WAYNE ROBERTSON
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About Braam Malherbe (www.braammalherbe.com)
Environmentalist, adventurer, TV presenter, author, honorary ranger, motivational speaker, conservationist, man on a mission. Too numerous to mention here, Braam’s many achievements in the name of conservation include running the Great Wall of China (a distance of 4218 km) in just 98 days, training rangers for counter-poaching operations, racing to the South Pole while pulling his own sled, and running the entire coastline from Namibia to Mozambique – a distance of 3278 km. But Braam’s most important contribution to conservation is using his accumulated experiences to inspire ordinary people to make a difference, not only in their own lives, but towards the future wellbeing of this planet. As a youth developer, he facilitates outdoor leadership camps, where he teaches children about their place in nature as well as how to survive in it. As one of the world’s most sought-after motivational speakers, Braam never fails to leave his audience inspired and empowered to embrace change for good. Now he has embarked on his greatest adventure to date, and he wants the entire planet to join him.
About Wayne Robertson
Skipper, boat builder, marine surveyor, cyclist, surfer, musician, passionate eco-warrior. Wayne has had a close relationship with, and a deep passion for, the sea since childhood. In addition to building and skippering ocean-going vessels, he’s been surfing for 39 years and big-wave surfing for 10 years. Sea legs aren’t the issue. The issue is the current state of our planet, and it’s one he’s tackling head on by joining Braam on the row to Rio. No stranger to endurance sports, Wayne has completed numerous multi-stage mountain-biking events. He was the first person to attempt and finish the Argus cycle tour on a unicycle – twice. He was also the first person to ride the tour on a BMX, and did so 12 times raising funds for charities close to his heart. Wayne has first-hand experience of adverse weather conditions both at sea and on land, and spent time in Antarctica constructing modular pods ideally suited to extreme environments. As husband to Cindy and father to six-year-old Willow, Wayne’s motivation in raising awareness of the DOT Challenge is personal: to leave the planet in better shape for his daughter.
About the Boat
Their 6.8-metre-long vessel was built in the UK and renovated locally by Robertson himself. Onboard they have all their supplies, including food, medical kits, maintenance tools and desalination systems to make fresh water. All the electrical devices used for navigation and communication are charged by two solar-powered batteries.
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