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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…

Way of the old

Thursday, 20th February, 2020

I was delighted to note in travel magazine Cartography’s latest issue an essay – We Are All Brothers and Sisters – by the anthropologist Wade Davis. If…

The Indian Nino: fire, flood and plague

Friday, 31st January, 2020

Any of us even vaguely familiar with the world’s human origin stories – the Bible or the Quran, for example – will be cognisant with myths that…

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…

Safari with a purpose

Thursday, 26th December, 2019

Just a super quick note pointing you in the direction of Richard Madden’s piece for The Telegraph. Entitled Would you pay $20,000 to help shoot and tag…

‘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…