Paul Herbertson, Author at Wild Philanthropy

Sustainable travel – an oxymoron?

Wednesday, 26th February, 2020

I spent my whole career working on environmental issues – with climate change at the heart of those. Although often it’s been tough, working to try and…

Slow fashion for elephants

Friday, 31st January, 2020

As you may know, our partner in Botswana, Ecoexist, has been the focus of our fundraising over the Christmas period. We are a huge fan of the…

Ros Aveling: conservationist, mentor, friend

Tuesday, 17th December, 2019

Before joining Wild Philanthropy, I spend over 10 years working for Fauna & Flora International, which I believe is one of the most effective global conservation organisations. It is…

All aboard the elephant express

Tuesday, 17th December, 2019

As mentioned in my previous blog, this Christmas we are supporting the wonderful Ecoexist through our Christmas appeal. Ecoexist focus on human-elephant conflict in Botswana, enabling communities to live alongside elephants. It was their…

‘Tis the season of giving: fundraising for Ecoexist

Thursday, 28th November, 2019

I thought I’d use this blog to launch our Christmas fundraising efforts. Last year was our first Christmas appeal, and was instrumental in kickstarting the work in…

Tongwe Trust gets a makeover

Thursday, 31st October, 2019

Wild Philanthropy has been working hard to support our partners over the last few years. The original plan was simply to act as a fundraiser, linking our…

Social Enterprise World Forum comes to Addis

Thursday, 31st October, 2019

As part of our work with Cambridge University’s Social Ventures Incubator, we’ve been introduced to a whole range of things related to social businesses and business with…

Profit with purpose

Thursday, 26th September, 2019

Those of you who take the Financial Times may or may not have been surprised by ‘Capitalism. Time for a reset’, a recent letter from its editor…

Changing the game

Friday, 20th September, 2019

Just a quick note with regards to African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), one Africa’s oldest and finest NGOs, and who over the years I’ve kept in fairly regular…