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Celebrity Endorsement

July 30, 2010

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There seems to be a perception that celebrities, by their very presence enhance a charity’s reputation, but do they?

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Charity Brand Index

July 22, 2010

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I read a report on the Charity Brand Index, which assesses the top 100 UK charity brands, following a public survey.

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The elephant population in the room

July 13, 2010

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The Elephant in the Room that is rarely mentioned is human populations. Burgeoning human populations with ever increasing economic expectations cannot be sustained.

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Chugging and other fundraising complaints

Filed under: Green Diary — @ 12:00 pm


I have written several times about  ‘charity mugging’ or chugging as it is known — stopping people on the street and getting them to sign up. To me it is a dreadful way of gaining support, and although I have been severely criticised buy some of its supporters, I stand my ground, and would like [...]

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Aftermath of the elephants

July 7, 2010

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The Elephant Parade organised in London by Elephant Family has been a huge success. Something around £5 million has been raised, a proportion of which will go to saving the Indian Elephants, and a large proportion of that will be going to the projects that the World Land Trust (WLT) has been promoting with the Wildlife Trust of India.

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Fundraising Standards Board

June 23, 2010

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Why is the World Land Trust not signed up to the Fund Raising Standards Board?  This is a question which is covered in our website’s FAQs but I don’t think I have ever been asked. I feel perhaps I ought to answer it anyway.
This was provoked by reading a summary of the complaints received by [...]

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Elephants on Parade

June 18, 2010

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London has recently been invaded by a herd of over 250 Elephants (and the internet similarly invaded).  The Elephant Parade is organised by the Elephant Family charity, and is proving to be an amazing publicity generating operation which ultimately will generate a lot of funds.
The WLT has worked closely with Elephant Family over [...]

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Chris Packham and tiger extinction

June 8, 2010

Filed under: Green Diary — @ 11:21 am


Last week’s Radio Times featured an article by Chris Packham (link opens in a new window) suggesting that huge amounts of scarce conservation funding have been wasted on trying to save the tiger from extinction.  It is a fascinating and overall pretty good assessment of the situation.
Around 30 years ago I gave a paper at the [...]

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Going for Gold

June 3, 2010



Last week was an amazing week for the World Land Trust and some of its sponsors. For the first time ever we exhibited at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show – probably the most important of its kind in the World.
Our exhibit was designed to bring attention to the plight of the Atlantic Rainforest, and also [...]

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Air Chaos: Conservation problems

April 20, 2010

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The volcanic eruption in Iceland is the sort of disaster I have written about and blogged about many times over the past decade. I have suggested that a major volcanic eruption could cause world wide catastrophic impacts on a scale that is almost unimaginable. It could be the factor that stops the alarming escalation of [...]

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