Ambassador Spotlight: Helen Glover
World Land Trust (WLT) is delighted to speak with one of our excellent ambassadors: British double Olympic, triple World, and quadruple European champion rower Helen Glover OBE.
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Bill from Simon Barnes
We were in adjacent seats as we flew back from a World Land Trust project in Borneo. In Economy, naturally. As usual Bill Oddie and I adopted different strategies: I read, fidgeted and dozed; Bill hid behind his headphones and sank into a musical trance that took him from the South China Sea to the English Channel.
Bill Oddie (1941-2026)
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Bill Oddie.
Adventures with Ambassador Lucy Shepherd
We spoke to one of our newest WLT Ambassadors who you may recognise from her work with the likes of Channel 4 and the BBC: explorer Lucy Shepherd. Here, Lucy tells us about the childhood spark that set her on this path and the extraordinary journey she has had so far.
Rowing the Atlantic for WLT: Nick Hollis’ 721 Challenge
Nick Hollis has summited all seven of our planet’s continents highest mountains, skied across the South Pole and — just recently — rowed across the fierce Atlantic Ocean. This is all part of his awe-inspiring commitment to bring awareness to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss and raise funds...
Nick Hollis Completes Atlantic Adventure!
On Friday 2nd February at 02:30 AM local time, Nick Hollis, onboard his boat ‘Kraken’ crossed the finish line of the World’s Toughest Row in a time of 50 days, 20 hours and 49 minutes. Since December, Nick has been rowing solo all the way from the Canary Islands to Antigua, an incredible 3,000...
