Welcome to the Brown Family Web
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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 21, 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
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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 Energy Group Coordinator in the local Transition Town
whilst his hobbies include DIY, model-making, "post-carbon
living" and maintaining THIS (and various other) web-sites,
including the Company one at krofire.com &
post-carbon-living.com. Our home is the UK's 59th "Superhome". |
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Liya
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 Liya studied to qualify as
an Accounting Technician (AAT) before moving on to teach evening
classes in "English as Second Language" for adults. Since that
time she has kept herself busy with all kinds of activities. She also
keeps Milla very busy going to all kinds of drama, art and dancing
classes. We love Liya. |
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Yana
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 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 starting in September
2008. In 2011 Yana worked part time in the Parliamentary Office of our local
Member of Parliament. She likes dancing, music, friends, books, the internet
& playing with her sister. |
Milla
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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 early years in our Baby Photo's section. She was a very good toddler but
ran rings around her Mum until her Dad came home from work - then
she was a little angel. She is now 5 years old and heading off to
school in Septmber this year (2011).
Then we'll have real trouble no doubt!! |
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What's NEW: Our Holiday in Cornwall August 2011
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it took nearly three months for Mark to edit and compile the family
holiday photographs but they are now, eventually, here. We went in the
last week of August and stayed at a bed and breakfast in Par on the
south coast of mid-Cornwall. The weather always threatened a storm but
we were lucky with mostly dry sunshine for the week. We enjoyed Fowey,
Mevagissey, Eden Project & Heligan. For all the Holiday
pictures from Cornwall in August 2011 go here. |
Our Carbon Footprint April 2010 to March 2011
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As part of our
continued commitment to a post-Carbon future, we are measuring our
Carbon Footprint as a Family. In 2009/2010 our family Carbon
Footprint was standing at 9.2 tonnes DIRECT. In 2010/2011 this went
down to 5.8 tonnes. This is 1.9 tonnes per person
(average is 5.4 in the UK). We doubled the total family footprint to
11.62 to account for all the indirect things and offset this total at CO2Balance.com. Certificate
here. |
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