Paul Coleman
Two New Facebook Pages For Earthwalker
I have just created two new Facebook pages to introduce a wider audience to my Earth-walking and tree-planting adventures. One in English...
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My Life On The Planet Earth
Paul Coleman
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
The Great Wall of China/La Gran Muralla China
Walking the Great Wall in January 2006 was a difficult and dangerous experience. The thousands of steps were icy and extremely steep. One...
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Paul Coleman
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
Across the Atlantic / A través del Atlántico
Espanol abajo: I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1978 on this yacht, from Antibes in the South of France to Ft. Lauderdale. Florida,...
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Paul Coleman
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
My first job as a Chef on Private Yachts.
The MY Antibes was the first private yacht I worked on in the South of France (1977). It was quite famous as it was very fast for a yacht...
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Paul Coleman
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
Mexican Tree named after me is Growing like Crazy!
In 2017 I organised a 'Mexican Appreciation Day'. It was a fun day shared with friends here in Patagonia and around the world. My friend...
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Paul Coleman
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
Paul's Patagonian Plant Pot Boots
Yesterday I made a video showing my old boots turned into flower pots. Many comments mentioned the movie 'Wall-e!' We wondered why? Then...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
Our changing Land from Space/Nuestra tierra cambiante desde el espacio
Google Earth took a new satellite photo of our land earlier this year. Fortunately I have a previous one from 2014. Los mapas de Google...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
A Toasty Christmas Anchored Off Western Australia
Almost fifty years ago, a teenager at sea, I was on the MV Westminster Bridge, anchored off Dampier, Western Australia for almost three...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 28, 2020
- 1 min
We're on Tiktok! ¡Estamos en Tiktok!
We've joined Tiktok and are sharing our life at Paul and Konomi's Garden, our piece of paradise in Chilean Patagonia. If you're new to...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min
TV Report from Nanjing, on our 'Greening the Olympics' walk through China.
From September 2007 to August 2008, Konomi amd I walked from Hong Kong to Beijing, to help green the olympics. planting trees along the...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min
EARTH JUMP!!! Salto de Tierra!
In 2008 I came up with a simple idea, Earth Jump, as a part of our Celebration Earth Festival in Okinawa, Japan. Acupuncture for the...
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Paul Coleman
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
Hiroshima. Toro Nagashi: Consolation for the souls of the victims of World War II
August 6th 2004: It was to be a very full day for myself and walking companions. Up with sunrise for the 8.15 ceremony marking the time...
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Paul Coleman
- Aug 6, 2020
- 3 min
1972: My First Visit To Hiroshima
I first visited Hiroshima in November 1972. I was a catering boy on the Westminster Bridge a British Merchant ship carrying iron ore that...
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Paul Coleman
- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
Hiroshima: The Painful Journey of the Pathway to Peace
On June 26th 2004 I began walking from the World Peace Prayer Day (WPPD) at Mt. Fuji to Hiroshima, planting trees along the way to draw...
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Paul Coleman
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
The Air Raid Siren and The Witch
Every weekday morning from the age of four years old until I went away to sea at the age of seventeen I was awoken by the air raid siren...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
The Last Yacht I Worked On
This was the last yacht I worked on and my last job as a chef. I was on the Sharon S for six months, based in Miami, Florida from...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
How a Fairy Tale became Reality.
I can say things in a fairy tale that I could never say in another form, shake the governing tree without appearing to rock the boat. I...
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Paul Coleman
- May 18, 2020
- 6 min
Walking through a War Zone Part 7: Planting a Tree, snipers, explosions, banks with no money
Holiday Inn Sarajevo: In the Eye of the Siege | War Hotels Documentary The armoured car pulled onto the forecourt directly in front of...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 24, 2020
- 10 min
Walking through a War Zone. Part 6: Sarajevo
April 21st. Into Sarajevo: Early in the morning we returned to the police station. My documents were not available. “Wait ten minutes.” A...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 21, 2020
- 7 min
...Walked through a War Zone: Part 5: 'Who will come looking for you, if you disappear?'
April 20th 1995: Not long after leaving Konjic I walked through a village where there was a large military presence. I was getting fed up...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
25 Years ago I walked through a War Zone. Part 4: Peace amid the Chaos.
April 19th 1995: A major miracle has occurred. Konjic is not being shelled today. I slept in the communications post of Malbatt, the...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 18, 2020
- 4 min
25 yrs ago I Walked through a War Zone. Part 3: Arrested.
I rested beneath a tree next to an over crowded cemetery and watched as a teenager appeared out of nowhere and tried to catch a ride from...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 16, 2020
- 3 min
25 yrs ago I walked through a War Zone. Part 2: Snipers and land mines.
Leaving the UN hotel, I hiked through devastated streets of collapsed buildings strewn with fallen rubble to the bridge that connects...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
25 Years Ago I Walked through a War Zone
25 Years ago I was on the most dangerous part of my walk from San Francisco to Sarajevo to plant a tree for Peace on April 22nd, Earth...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 11, 2020
- 1 min
We've created a YouTube Channel for Paul and Konomi's Garden
I've been filming life on our land for the last eleven years and now, like everyone else due to the pandemic we have a little time on our...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
How we Built our Home - Cómo construimos nuestra casa
Ten years ago we dug the foundation of our house. Then we put all the soil into bags and built it. Hace diez años cavamos los cimientos...
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Paul Coleman
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
From a Badly Eroded Pasture to a Beautiful Forested Garden in Ten Years
In 2010 the 7600 sq meter land (2acre) piece of land that we had recently bought was nothing more than a badly eroded pasture, chewed to...
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Paul Coleman
- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
Building our Earthbag Home
This video was filmed over the course of 21 days and shows the initial stages of the construction of our home. To see how things have...
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Before Trees, With Trees / Antes árboles, con árboles.
Español abajo: Eight years apart and a world of difference. When we brought our land I said to Konomi, that we could only make it better....
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Our Changing Landscape / Nuestro Paisaje Cambiante
Español abajo: Our land has changed a lot since 2011, when we began planting the first of 1200 native trees. Both photo's were taken from...
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
Introduction To Our Home
We began building our home in 2010. In 2011 we moved in. The house is not large, 4.6 meters x 3.6 meters, but we have a big front window...
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Taller de Vinagre y Fermentación / Vinegar & Fermentation Workshop
English below: Paul y Konomi darán un taller de vinagre y fermentación en De La Raiz Cocina Vegana en Puerto Cisnes, el sábado 16. Los...
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Austral Garden Route is gathering attention.
Thanks to our journalist friend Dinelly Soto, the Austral Garden Route, which we established last year with some close friends, is...
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
The House in Spring / La Casa en Primavera
I am in the process of renovating the house and will be redoing the turf wall at the front, some time in the summer, but for now it all...
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
How We Met! Konomi and I are in this week's Guardian!
I read the Guardian almost daily and think it is one of the best newspapers in the world, so to be in it, is a great pleasure. This week...
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Paul Coleman
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
Millions of trees need to be planted to offset carbon generated by COP25 international participants.
I have been able to make a reasonably accurate, yet ultimately conservative calculation of the amount of trees the 20,000 - 30,000...
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Paul Coleman
- Aug 9, 2019
- 3 min
Planting 'Gods Tree' at Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima commemorating the victims of the Atom Bomb
Seventy four years ago today an atom Bomb was dropped on Japan by the United States of America on the city of Nagasaki. The first was...
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Paul Coleman
- Jul 29, 2019
- 2 min
On a Horse in Patagonia
When I was a child I loved visiting Manchester Zoo with my mum and dad. The highlight for me was riding on an Elephant. I think I would...
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Paul Coleman
- Jul 20, 2019
- 1 min
Man on the Moon
There are some things etched in my memory like carvings into stone. Fifty years ago today, I pretended to be two years older than I was...
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Paul Coleman
- Jul 1, 2019
- 1 min
My Walk through South Africa began from Nelson Mandela's Prison Cell
Thanks to Ronnie Kasrils, the South African Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry, I was given the privilege of starting my walk...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 24, 2019
- 2 min
The Wonderful World Tree Planting Festival
The Wonderful World Tree Planting Festival was created while Konomi and I were walking through China in 2008, when we were invited by...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
Tortured For A Frog
One day, when i was about eight years old, Mr. Morrel, the headmaster of the tiny Oakfield Road primary school that I went to, gave a...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 22, 2019
- 2 min
Green Burials: A Visit to the Forested Graveyard of Confucius
Qufu, Shandong Province, China. July 2008 One of the highlights of our 'Walk through China' was a visit to the grave of Confucius, the...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
The Vintage Car Collection I Looked After
The elegant garage at Mrs. McDougald's 'Green Meadows' home in Toronto came complete with a crystal chandelier that used to hang in the...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
Neptunes Ceremony Inspired Me To Go To Sea
I loved visiting my grandma's when I was a child. especially routing around in her cellar to find the old photo albums of my granddad,...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 19, 2019
- 4 min
The Gravesend Butcher they called a Dentist.
I used to have a very good set of teeth, until 1971 when the dentist at the Gravesend Sea School got hold of me and drilled so many holes...
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Paul Coleman
- Feb 22, 2019
- 2 min
The Christopher M
All in all I think the best ships I sailed on were the coasters, small ships that sailed around Britain, Ireland and the neighbouring...
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Paul Coleman
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
Paul & Konomi's Garden is now on Google Maps
Now we are accepting visitors to our land through our Austral Garden Route tours and workshops it's useful for people to have an idea of...
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Paul Coleman
- Feb 8, 2019
- 1 min
Escaping School On My First Day
At the age of five I was led by the hand down the road to Oakfield Road Primary School by Lennie, the older kid who lived next door. We...
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Paul Coleman
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
Reward for months at sea: A Red Jaguar
After months at sea on tankers, rarely setting foot ashore, I got some great pay-offs. I bought my first car in 1973 when I left the...
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