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Wednesday, 19 December 2007:

The Biggest Twitch: Birdwatching for the rainforest 

Alan Davies and Ruth Miller of The Biggest Twitch have come up with what they call 'The Biggest Idea': To see more bird species in a calendar year (2008) than anyone has ever done before!

Alan, a Site Manager of the RSPB reserve at Conwy on the North Wales coast, and Ruth, a freelance marketing consultant, have given up their day jobs and will spend all next year travelling around the world in a bid to set a new world record in birdwatching. This means they have to see over 3,662 different species of birds in twelve months.

As part of The Biggest Twitch, Alan and Ruth are raising funds to support the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation (MCF) in Ecuador, and World Land Trust is accepting donations which will be transferred in total to this fund.

They will be raising funds through Justgiving.com.

Learn more about their adventure on www.thebiggesttwitch.com.

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Friday, 14 December 2007:

A Race for Conservation 

Michelle, before the start of the race.

To support conservation WLT supporter, Michelle Turner, completed the harrowing Michelob ULTRA London Triathlon on 4th August. Michelle wrote a long letter of thanks to all those who kindly sponsored her, of which the following is an extract:

"Hi Everyone

Firstly, I would like to thank those who supported me through my first Triathlon. Your generosity was tremendous and it really helped me get through the day!!

I arrived at Excel early on Sunday and at 11:45 I made my way, along with 400 other women, to the swim meeting point where we primed ourselves for the 1,500 meter swim.

It was a friendly bunch overflowing with team spirit and camaraderie. We swam out to the start, had a chat and a laugh with each other while we waited for the horn to sound.

At 12:10 (right in the midday sun) the horn went and suddenly 400 previously pleasant women turned into a sea of piranhas and I was stuck right in the middle of it. It was very interesting swimming through a maelstrom of fists, elbows, legs and I just relied on my survival skills kicking in when people started trying to swim over the top of me.

I managed to complete the swim in 00:29:33.

So, there I was out of the 'frying pan' bare-footed with wetsuit in hand running as fast as I could into transition just hoping that I could find my bike and kit amongst the other 12,000! The race was now on and I had completely forgotten that it was the hottest weekend of the year.

I completed my first transition time in 00:04:14

Back into transition to try and find my kit again. I dropped off my bike, changed into my running shoes and picked up some chewing gum (an essential running item)!

Gosh, this was a much faster transition at 00:01:35.

Coming out of transition and back into the sun was something else. The heat was so stifling and I started to get very concerned that it would finish me off. I looked at my watch and was really shocked to see the times I had done. In fact, I wondered if I had swallowed just a bit too much of the Thames and it was effecting my vision. Spurred on by this I crossed the finish line at 14:47.22.

I had completed the 10Km run in 00:52.11."

The World Land Trust would like to thank Michelle for her tremendous effort - both in completing the triathlon and in raising an amazing £1,100, plus Gift Aid for the Trust! Michelle raised her money both offline and online, using Justgiving.com, where you can still see her page at www.justgiving.com/TRITURNER

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Wednesday, 12 December 2007:

My Elephant Bites to Help Save the Rainforest 

MyElephantBites.com has introduced a Christmas campaign to get people not to send cards but to send electronic photomovies instead, using their technology that makes it easy for anyone to 'make something amazing and also help save the planet'. MyElephantBites will raise funds for conservation by donating to WLT a percentage of each ePhotomovie sold during the Christmas 2007 campaign, with the goal of saving 1000 acres of tropical forest. See http://www.myelephantbites.com/charities.aspx?play=true for more information and to register. - Just registering will save 10 square feet of rainforest, at no cost to you!

This is what MyElephantBites say about their service:

MyElephantBites takes your digital photographs and turns them into photomovies in a matter of minutes. There are lots of creative templates to select from for different occasions. You can choose a movie genre for great special effects e.g. romance, horror, sci fi and you can also add in music as well as titles and credits. You can send a photomovie to as many people as you like and it will only cost you £2.50. Great for sending out Christmas greetings with no fear of missing the last post to Australia or Aberdeen!

What's brilliant is that you can email a photomovie to as many people as you like and every photomovie made will contribute towards saving the rainforest. (we have teamed up with The World Land Trust and aim to save 1000 acres of rainforest this Christmas ? with your help.) Just registering will save 10 square feet towards this target, at no expense to you!

Check out the photomovies on www.myelephantbites.com. It only takes a few minutes to do something amazing and help save the planet.

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Tuesday, 11 December 2007:

Palm Oil Free Soap from new WLT Sponsor 

WLT supporter Mrs Dixon wrote to us recently concerned about the use of palm oil in so many products. Palm oil is possibly the single greatest threat to rainforests and Friends of the Earth estimate that it is present in one in ten supermarket products. This issue is discussed on Page 3 of the Autumn issue of WLT News (also available online)

Quite by chance we were contacted by Elizabeth Carnahan, of Longcroft Soap, about the same time. She is a committed campaigner against the use of palm oil saying: "Despite what soap makers will tell you, it is not essential to use palm oil in soap. We are a small cottage soapworks in Scotland producing handcrafted, all-vegetable soaps and other toiletries. We endeavour to keep our products fun, fresh, and as natural as possible by using locally-sourced ingredients such sheep's milk, beeswax, honey, and even good Scot's whisky. We use only high quality ingredients and choose organic when possible. And we definitely do not use palm oil."

Longcroft Soap are now donating 100% of the profits from their "In the Rainforest with Lula" soap to WLT's Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest project.

(I can confirm that "In the Rainforest with Lula" is lovely soap with a wonderful smell which I'm told is white ginger, myrrh, light white lily, and star fruit. I will certainly be buying this for friends this Christmas. Editor)

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