World Land Trust Events

 

Elephant Parade London

 

Date:
3rd May- 4th July 2010

Venue:
Pearly Prince: The Window of Coutts Bank on the Strand

Emerald Queen: The Wonder Room at Selfridges on Oxford St.

Details

Elephant Parade 2010, organised by Elephant Family,  is set to be the biggest public art exhibition ever to be staged in London. The UK’s top artists, celebrities and designers will decorate 250 fibreglass elephants, each 1.4 metre high, in a bid to raise funds for the conservation of critically endangered Asian elephants. The decorated elephants will be displayed across the capital from May to July, with most elephants being auctioned on the 28th June and 3rd July in the grounds of the Royal Chelsea Hospital. However, the Emerald Queen will be the first elephant to be auctioned in the Wonder Room at Selfridges on 23rd June. Funds raised will go to the participating charities.

WLT is one of the Parade’s conservation partners and will be exhibiting two elephants; one of them raising funds solely for WLT and the other, created jointly with Elephant Family under special arrangement, raising funds for a wildlife corridor in India that both organisations are supporting.

The designs so far for the WLT elephants look magnificent and we can’t wait to see them in situ. We also hope that they will raise significant funds for the Trust’s Elephant Corridors Project in India.

Learn more about WLT's participation in the Elephant Parade London »

 

Colourful Encounters: Toucans and other Ecuadorian Birds

Date:
8 - 30 July 2010

Venue:
Henry Sotheran Limited
2 Sackville Street, London W1S 3DP

Details

On the 8 July antiquarian book shop Sotheran's will unveil John Gould toucan original printed lithographs, as well as some of his other images of beautiful birds, which will help raise funds for WLT. This exciting exhibition entitled ‘Colourful Encounters’ takes place in the Antique print department and the full catalogue can be viewed on the Sotheran's website.

Sotheran's are very supportive of the work of the World Land Trust and the fact that toucans are flagship species of many of the Trust's rainforest reserves throughout South America, makes this a highly appropriate partnership. This exhibition of John Gould's unique and beautiful work is a celebration of all that is wonderful and awe-inspiring about toucans and the WLT are grateful to Sotheran's for donating 50% of the profits to the Trust’s project partners in Ecuador: Fundación Jocotoco and Fundación EcoMinga.

The exhibition is open to the public between 8 – 30 July. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9.30am - 6.00pm, Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm.

Read about a previous exhibition of Gould’s work.

Learn more about WLT’s Ecuador partners and reserves

 British Birdwatching Fair

Date:

20, 21 and 22nd August 2010

Venue:

Egleton Nature Reserve,

Rutland Water, Oakham

Details

Described as the birdwatcher's Glastonbury, the annual Birdfair encompasses the whole spectrum of birdwatching with hundreds of stands selling the latest products for wildlife enthusiasts from binoculars to sculptures, bird food to books, eco-holidays to artwork. There are excellent lectures too.

WLT has had a stand at the Birdfair for several years and we feel it gets better and better. Come and see us at the 2010 Birdfair and we will be able to offer you free Fairtrade coffee, thanks to our sponsors Puro coffee. The Birdfair is a great day out for all the family and, with over 300 exhibitors and lectures, there is something for everyone. We hope that a selection of our overseas project partners will also be joining us.

We will be in our usual place: Stands 14 & 15 in Marquee 4. We look forward to meeting you there.

Learn more about the Birdfair

 Royal Parks Half Marathon - Run for a Ranger

Date:

10 October 2010

Venue:

Hyde Park, London

Details

The Royal Parks Half Marathon will take place on Sunday 10th October 2010 when hundreds of runners will descend on London's magnificent Royal Parks. This unusual half marathon is an ideal way to get fit, help raise funds to save threatened habitats with the WLT and see the glorious autumn colours in London’s parks at the same time.

Starting in Hyde Park, the half marathon goes through St James's Park, Green Park and Kensington Gardens, before heading back to Hyde Park for the finish. Runners will see some of London’s greatest landmarks including Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Marble Arch and the Royal Albert Hall.

The WLT Team will be raising sponsorship for WLT but with a slightly different focus. Over the past 20 years WLT has helped save more than 400,000 acres of land around the world but this land needs to be protected, and funding reserve rangers is a priority.  This event will raise funds to assist our project partners to support the salary of a Reserve Ranger for One Year.

This event has attracted huge support from would-be runners and the WLT team is already full. But, if you are in London, do cheer them on their way.

Learn more about the Royal Parks Half Marathon

 Celebrity Lecture: Mark Carwardine

Date:

13 October 2010 at 7.30pm

Venue:

The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk
Part of Halesworth Arts Festival, 9th-24th October 2010

Details

Zoologist, author and broadcaster, Mark Carwardine, is a Council Member of Halesworth charity, World Land Trust.  An active and outspoken conservationist, award-winning writer TV and radio presenter, last year Mark worked with Stephen Fry on a BBC Television series: Last Chance to See.

Some twenty years ago Mark had worked with the late, great, Douglas Adams on the first series of Last Chance to See, when their journeys took them as far afield as Zaire in search of the Northern White Rhino, China in search of the Yangtze River Dolphin and the Amazon in search of the Manatee. The book of the series was published in 1990 as a companion to the BBC radio series. In 2001 Mark and Douglas were discussing the possibility of new adventures, when sadly Douglas suffered a heart attack and died that year.

Stephen Fry was a close friend of Douglas Adams, and when Douglas and Mark spent their year travelling the world, Stephen lived in Douglas' house, and recalls "taking urgent phone calls to send maps and lenses to faraway places." It seemed a natural evolution that Stephen should take over where Douglas left off and in 2008-09, exactly 20 years after the original journey, Stephen and Mark found themselves heading off in search of those same animals, to look at how they had fared over the past two decades.

Mark will show dramatic and captivating footage from the series along with beautiful images of the endangered species they encountered. He will read extracts from his books and will talk about ‘life on the road’ with Stephen Fry. World Land Trust is delighted to be teaming up with Halesworth Arts Arts Festival on this charity event, raising funds for WLT’s overseas conservation projects.

Mark will also be signing copies of his book.

Tickets: £12.50 from the Festival box office: 01986 874264
Email Address: boxoffice@halesworthartsfestival.org.uk
Website: www.halesworthartsfestival.org.uk