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Welcome to the Brown Family Web Site

We all live in High Wycombe, approximately 25 miles north and west of the City of London in Northern Europe. Liya & Mark were married on February 14th 2001. Liya was born and raised in Kazakhstan, she has a daughter, Yana Glaub, now aged 18, who joined us in July 2001. Liya & Mark met when Mark went to work in Ust-Kamenogorsk, in eastern Kazakhstan, in March 2000. Liya was working as an Administrator and Translator.

"Krofire.org" was started by Mark in 2001 originally to publish our Wedding Pictures on the web so that friends and family in Kazakhstan could see them. This occurred a year after Mark founded his own business "Krofire Enterprises Ltd" and after he named the family home "Krofire House". The contents of this Web Site relate to all family life dating from that time.

Mark

Mark was born and raised in Britain. Mark runs his own Professional Services Business working with Clients around the Globe. He has little spare time as he is chairman of the local Transition Town movement. Mark's hobbies include DIY, model-making, low-carbon living and maintaining THIS (and various other) web-sites, including the Company one at krofire.com. Currently he is working with a client at their site in Birmingham, UK.

Liya

Liya studied to qualify as an Accounting Technician (AAT) but more recently has been teaching evening classes in "English as Second Language" for adults. This keeps her busy preparing paperwork to the small hours of the morning. Liya is interested in being a super-Mum, foreign languages and career matters.

Milla

A Baby girl - Milla Rose Brown - was born to us at 6.27pm on Tuesday 25th July 2006. She was 3.8kg (8lbs 6oz). You can see more of her in our Baby Photo's section. She is a very good baby but runs rings around her Mum until her Dad comes home from work - then she is a little angel. She is now 2 years old and climbing all over the furniture in her new home.

Yana

Yana attended Godstowe School, in High Wycombe, for two years until she left in July 2003. She then schooled at Wycombe High and continued there for A Levels. In 2008 she obtained four 'A' Levels - two A's and two B's. She is now studying Politics & Economics at Bath University. She started her first year there in September 2008. Apart from this Yana likes all the things teenage girls are meant to like - dancing, music, friends, cats, the internet, playing with her sister, etc....

Our Recommended Movie: "Age of Stupid"

The Grierson Award-winning "The Age of Stupid" has its "People's Premiere Sunday 15th March. It goes on general release from the 20th March. The movie stars Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living alone in what is a devastated world of 2055. He is a historian looking back at film archive footage of 2008 and asking "why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?" Directed by Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and produced by Oscar-winning John Battsek ("One Day in September"). Profits from the Premiere go to Climate Change campaigns.

 

What's NEW: Late May Bank Holiday 2009

The late May Bank Holiday saw a busy weekend for young Milla. On Saturday Milla went down to Harefield for her friend Charlotte's Birthday Party where Milla got several rides on a Pony. On Sunday Milla played outside in Daddy's Car. Then on the Monday we all went to Legoland Windsor. For more go here.

Our Carbon Footprint April 2008 to March 2009

As part of our continued commitment to a post-Carbon future, we are measuring our Carbon Footprint as a Family. In 2007/2008 our family Carbon Footprint was standing at 18.3 tonnes DIRECT. In 2008/2009 this went down to 14.2 tonnes. This is 4.73 tonnes per person (average is 5.4 in the UK). We Offset this at CO2Balance with an investment in a renewable energy project in China - the Dajiantan 8MW Hydro Power plant. You can see the Certificate here.

 

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