Environmental & conservation.
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BLES
Mar 2024 | Website
Rescuing and protecting the elephants of Thailand from abuse and ultimate extinction. Providing a safe haven for exploited and abused elephants, focusing on individual survival and relearning social skills. Empowering the local community through a range of outreach initiatives.
Scotland's Yew Tree Heritage Initiative
Mar 2024 | Website
Protecting the unique and irreplaceable Yew tree heritage in Scotland. Aiming to prevent any further loss of this tree by locating, recording and archiving them before they are potentially confused with another tree, or misdiagnosed as dying and consequently cut down. Raising awareness through educating public and private land owners to give them a real understanding of the true value and importance of this natural heritage in the hope that they help to protect this precious tree.
The Great Reserve
Feb 2024 | Website
Striving to plant 100,000 giant Sequoia trees in the UK, in response to the unprecedented losses of old growth Sequoia numbers across their native habitat in the US. Creating Sequoia groves with a mix of native trees and other conifers, maximising the volume of standing timber while promoting biodiversity. Nurturing and protecting those trees to their maturity and quantifying the withdrawal of carbon on a tracked per tree basis.
ARK Rewilding Nederland
Feb 2024 | Website
Developing extensive, robust and dynamic nature reserves in the Netherlands. Rewilding to bring back species that play a key role in the natural development of the area, such as beavers, which are organic builders. Initiating and organising area developments in which nature contributes to both the ecological and socio-economic functioning of the region.
EMAUA
Feb 2024 | Website
Reforesting land and improving tree survival rates through indigenous tree planting and education programmes in Kenya. Building, energy-efficient stoves to reduce firewood consumption and teaching organic farming practices to improve self reliance. Running a sensitising program in schools and communities to educate local people about the benefits of tree planting, care and maintenance.
Andes Amazon Conservancy
Jan 2024 | Website
Improving the quality of life in communities by maintaining connectivity between the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Basin. Using 'eco-cultural corridors' to connect landscapes, ecosystems, and habitats. Ensuring the maintenance of biodiversity, and ecological and evolutionary processes. Centring the critical role of indigenous communities in stewarding areas of wildlife where they live.
Oracle Girl on Tree-Nation
Jan 2024 | Website
7619 trees so far - and counting. Help us to meet our target of expanding to 10,000 trees across 32 different countries in 2024! Tree-Nation offers a global technological solution to allow for the donation of money to aid tree planting around the world. It restores forests, protects diversity, creates jobs and supports local communities.
Ocean Conservation Trust
Jan 2024 | Website
Protecting and restoring the ocean with the help of marine scientists, educators and divers in the UK. Running an ocean habitat programme aimed at protecting vital ocean ecosystems allowing them to regenerate. Focusing on inspiring ocean advocacy through ground-breaking work protecting & restoring vital habitats.
Sussex Wildlife Trust
Dec 2023 | Website
Managing over 30 nature reserves across Sussex, England. Protecting the wildlife and the natural environment and creating opportunities for people to connect with, and explore nature. Delivering environmental education through school visits, events and courses. Giving a stronger voice to local wildlife and inspiring people to take action for nature.
C.R.O.W
Dec 2023 | Website
Committing to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of orphaned, injured and displaced animals in South Africa. Offering a second chance of a free, safe and sustainable life for all distressed wild animals, from monkeys to reptiles and birds, including threatened and endangered species. Running programs such as international and local volunteering and environmental education.
Surfers Against Sewage
Dec 2023 | Website
Creating a vital community of ocean activists in the UK, fighting to see the ocean thrive. Making waves through innovative and ambitious campaigning and education programmes such as improving water quality and tackling plastic pollution. Monitoring water quality at over 450 river and coastal locations ensure that people can swim, surf, paddle or splash without the risk of getting sick.
OWL
Dec 2023 | Website
Rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing injured and orphaned raptors such as eagles, falcons, and owls in British Columbia, Canada. Enhancing the educational programs available through a wildlife museum, increasing public awareness of raptors, their habitat, and the environmental impact people have on the natural world.
In The Same Boat
Dec 2023 | Website
Making beach cleaning accessible to everyone in Norway by facilitating local volunteers to get out into the archipelago and help collect and dispose of beach litter. Building constructive relationships and closely collaborating with fishing companies whose crates are polluting the ocean. Developing ocean litter reduction strategies to ensure the health of our oceans.
Friends of the Mississippi River
Nov 2023 | Website
Creating a corridor of protected and restored land around the Mississippi River. Working with landowners, government agencies and concerned residents to support plants, animals and people who depend on this natural resource. Offering many programs, including stewardship and education which aims to ensure that the river is safe, healing and accessible for all.
Almighty Tree
Nov 2023 | Website
Renewing our forests while maintaining biodiversity and improving the social, economic and environmental well-being of communities. Planting trees responsibly in Switzerland and worldwide, covering all plantation costs, including protection and maintenance. Ensuring transparency and tracking when planting trees to measure the real impact and create a sustainable future.
Ujubee
Sep 2023 | Website
Raising awareness of the importance of safeguarding indigenous bees living in the wild. Creating a unique network of bee conservation projects that brings collective credibility and integrity to the conservation of bees. Facilitating knowledge exchange, best practices and creating new collaborative initiatives for bee conservation.
Avalon
Sep 2023 | Website
Caring for an oasis of biodiversity hidden amongst the big cities of the West of the Netherlands. Teaching about growing food and medicine in its gardens and greenhouses which boast over 140 different medicinal tree and plant species. Seeking to ensure the land remains free of ownership through a community fundraising initiative.
Help our land recover from
devastating wildfires
Sep 2023 | Website
Restoring the landscape after recent fire damage in Portugal. Replanting native species, increasing water storage and making the ecosystem robust and fireproof. Giving the land its magic back so that all the animals that called this place home can return.
Third Millennium Alliance
Sep 2023 | Website
Protecting 2,000 acres of threatened rainforest on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, with plans to expand this area and consolidate lands into the largest nature preserve in the region. Tracking illegal activities, monitoring threatened species, and measuring carbon sequestration. Developing a Community Reforestation Program and steering the regional economy onto a more sustainable course.
Children's Eternal Rainforest
Aug 2023 | Website
Protecting one of the most biologically diverse natural areas on the planet, founded by donations from children. Safeguarding the habitat of 2% of the world's orchid species, more than 3% of the planet's butterflies, and almost 5% of the world's birds, as well water for hundreds of surrounding communities.
Saving Nature
Aug 2023 | Website
Combining natural regeneration and tree planting to restore the world's most important and threatened forests. Reconnecting isolated fragments of forested areas, and restoring ancient migration routes and highway canopies destroyed by human actions. Working with local conservation groups who have the knowledge and experience to effectively restore forests, engage with local communities, and monitor results.
Surfrider Foundation
July 2023 | Website
Dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network. Working at a local, regional and national level, to campaigns for our oceans and proactively work on programs to keep our beaches healthy.
Living Buildings
July 2023 | Website
Envisioning a world where buildings are more than just structures - existing instead as living entities which actively contribute to the health of our planet and its inhabitants. Sharing knowledge and implementing regenerative building practices that make the most efficient use of solar energy and provide the greatest generational impact.
Trees For The Future
June 2023 | Website
Providing hands-on agroforestry training and resources to farming communities. Farmers reclaiming their agency, breaking the cycles of climate change and generational poverty, and rebuilding their food systems from the ground up by embracing sustainable land practices.
Arbolivia (Plan Vivo)
June 2023 | Website
Providing a truly sustainable solution to deforestation in the Bolivian Amazon in partnership with smallholder farmers and social investors. Enabling poor farmers to better manage their land whilst helping them to grow, harvest and sell native hardwood trees. Not only does this result in reforestation, but it means the rainforest is protected from further encroachment.
Koala Hospital
Apr 2023 | Website
Rescuing and rehabilitating koalas. Conserving, protecting and restoring habitat areas for wild koalas to assist in reducing their demise or eventual extinction. Assisting other fauna and flora, especially conservation reliant species, to survive alongside the koala.
Living Ground - Suelo Vivo
Feb 2023 | Website
Connecting living soil microbiology and human health in Ecuador. Making humans healthier by creating and regenerating alive soil which restores life via interacting bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, amoebas, earthworms and their important beneficial predators. Ensuring plants better absorb and hold water, nutrients, and minerals preventing soil erosion and land degradation.
Wynne Farm Ecological Reserve
Feb 2023 | Website
Protecting the environment through education in Haiti. Preserving nature and teaching that we all have the power to heal the Earth. Teaching soil management through agroforestry, composting and conservation methods. Reducing the inevitable threats of erosion and deforestation while propagating indigenous species to conserve Haiti’s rich biodiversity.
The Guardian Elephant Warriors of Reteti
Jan 2023 | Website
Rescuing to release. Africa’s first community owned elephant sanctuary situated in Northern Kenya. Taking in orphaned and abandoned elephant calves with an aim to release them back into the wild herds adjoining Reteti. Samburu indigenous keepers living alongside wildlife for thousands of years who have deep respect for elephants with whom they share the land and its resources. Community-driven conservation across Northern Kenya growing new economies, transforming lives and conserving natural resources.
PermaDynamics
Jan 2023 | Website
Living with the land in reciprocal relationship with nature through Syntropic Agroforestry growing principles and Regenerative Farming practices. Transitioning all tools and transportation to renewable energy sources. Inspiring passion in others via sharing knowledge, research and the journey of this holistic lifestyle.
Ancient Forest Alliance
Dec 2022 | Website
Protecting British Columbia’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, value-added, second-growth forest industry. Defending the intrinsic value of all ecosystems and species, including humanity, to flourish for their own sake within the context of ecological harmony. Supporting First Nations cultures, rights and title to the land and environmental policies that also entail practical economic solutions and substantial support for thousands of forestry workers.
The Gaia Foundation
Jul 2022 | Website
Upholding indigenous knowledge systems, wisdom and Earth-centred perspectives through food and seed sovereignty; Earth jurisprudence; combatting mining and extractivism; and protecting sacred lands and waters. Reviving and protecting biocultural diversity. Regenerating healthy ecosystems and strengthen community self-governance from the Atlantic to the Arctic, Africa to the Amazon.
Pelagios Kakunjá
Apr 2022 | Website
Studying and protecting sharks and mantas in Playa del Carmen, the Gulf of California and the Mexican Pacific, many of which are globally endangered due to overfishing. Understanding the ecology and behaviour of marine predators to generate baseline technical information for the regional management and implementation of vital conservation strategies.
Earth Connection Yucatan
Apr 2022 | Website
Restoring and reforesting degraded land back to a tropical forest in the Yucatan. Offering a multifaceted approach to eco-education where students of all ages and backgrounds learn about local ecology and environmental issues and are challenged to find unique ways to restore balance and health to their local area. Being an example of regenerative living and creating leaders that will create positive change in the world.
Whales of Guerrero
Apr 2022 | Website
Facilitating community-driven conservation in the fishing village of Barra de Potosí and throughout the southwest Pacific State of Guerrero, Mexico, pioneering a new approach to coastal protection that cultivates local leadership through citizen science, peer learning, and community outreach.
Vivemar Marine Turtle Conservation
Apr 2022 | Website
Returning endangered Oliver Ridley, Green, Leatherback Sea, and Hawksbill turtle hatchlings to the ocean on Playa Escondido in Mexico. Vivemar is a local community cooperative which is beachcleaning and recycling plastic; reforesting mangroves; and offering marine environmental education programmes for young people.
Environmental & conservation.
Bees for Development | Charity Water | Client Earth | Denmark Farm Conservation | Drinkable Rivers | Flora & Fauna International | Global Footprint Network | International Rivers | Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation | Lockdown Wood | London Waterkeepers | Marine Conservation Institute | National Resources Defence Council | Sea Shepherd | Somerset Wildlife Trust | Stop Ecocide International | The Tree Council | The Woodland Trust | Waterkeeper Alliance | Wildlife Direct
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Jan 2022 | Website
Protecting wildlife and preserving habitats in Kenya. The world's first elephant orphan rescue and rehabilitation programme. Aerial surveillance, combatting illegal wildlife trade, safeguarding wilderness areas, water relief for wildlife, mobile veterinary units, and community education programmes.
The Jaguar Project & Grow Jungles
Sep 2021 | Website
Vital jaguar corridors in Costa Rica. Facilitating reforestation and encouraging responsible environmental stewardship. Assisting Costa Rican communities to create an eco-based economy, while preserving rainforests, protecting endangered wildlife and reintroducing endangered species.
