I have been following the tragedy of the oil spill in the Mexican Gulf with growing frustration. The pursuit of oil seems destined to not go away as we needto keep using non-renewables for the time being, and we squabble over the dilemmas associated with the perils versus the benefits of renewables, as well as [...]
5th – 13th March 2010 Join a group of women on a wilderness trail that is guaranteed to give you time out, peace and quiet, a good laugh, adventure, and time to just be yourself… Your journey begins with an evening flight on Friday 5th March departing the UK for Johannesburg. You arrive on 6th [...]
The second annual Wild Leaders Youth Conference will be taking place on Saturday 28th November 2009 at the University of London Union. Once again we have lined up an excellent array of guest speakers, panellists and workshops to provide you with a day of learning, interest, fun and activity focused on wilderness, environment, climate change [...]
Tune into BBC Radio Essex on Sunday 20th September at 7.20am Wild Swans - four sixteen year old UK girls who returned recently from the wilderness in South Africa after spending fifteen days with four young South African girls from a very different background, will be talking about their trail and the effect it [...]
A large proportion of Mexico’s corporate community came out last Monday to learn about WILD 9. Club de Industriales played host to 300 people as they discussed corporate environment, programs and listened to updates about WILD 9, the World Wilderness Congress which this year is being held in Merida, Mexico. Launched by The WILD Foundation [...]
To understand why certain communities use species they do and what impact this has, the participatory rural appraisal workshops were started. The workshop was based around indigenous fruit, vegetable, medicinal and timber related species, which in turn led to discussion on species that may be more appropriate. The team is comprised of members of the [...]
The Climate Change Programme of the Peace Parks Foundation team recently conducted two large field surveys in an area of the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), with the help of the Government of Zambia. The Zambian KAZA TFCA is home to pristine forest that is unfortunately at threat of both deforestation and degradation, which [...]
On the 19th July 2009 the Government of Mozambique to a step closer to creating Africa’s first Marine Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), when it declared a 678sq km coastline as a Marine Protected Area. This protected area stretches 3 miles into the sea. The Mozambique Minister for Tourism, Mr Fernando Sumbana, stated that the new [...]
The latest developments in leadership practice and theory compel leaders to respect the value and diversity that each person brings, and to share power and decision making. The challenge for us as leaders is how to utilise these values and powers! Facilitative Leadership provides an oppotunity to explore to explore speicific practices, skills and tools [...]
Tate Britain Richard Long Social Evening photos What a fantastic evening everyone had at the brilliant Richard Long ‘Heaven and Earth’ exhibition at the Tate Britain, 4th September. Everyone met up at the gallery for an hour or so of enjoying the beautiful paintings and then most moved along and enjoyed a late supper at [...]
IISC is pleased and excited to offer Pathway to Change™, a course that provides methods and tools to design and facilitate a collaborative change process. The three-day workshop, which will run from September 22-24 in Boston, is deeply rooted in David Chrislip’s collaborative premise – “If you bring the appropriate people together in constructive ways [...]
Jethro Tull supporting the fight to preserve wilderness:
Nick’s planned journey is as follows: 5th August: Aberdovey to Bardsey Island, open crossing, 31NM 6th August: Bardsey to Caernarfon, coastal, 29.7NM 7th August: Climb Snowdon, 23 miles, then Caernarfon to Conwy, coastal (Menai Straits), 19.4NM 8th August: Conwy to Point of Ayr, coastal, 22.8NM 9th August: Point of Ayr to Fleetwood, coastal, 35.3NM (big [...]
In August 2009 I will embark on one of the greatest challenges I have ever undertaken – to kayak a distance of 450 miles (solo) from Aberdovey on the coast of Mid-Wales to Loch Eil in Highland Scotland, and on the way to run/climb up and down Snowdon, Scafell Pike, and Ben Nevis, the three [...]
This month, www.easyfundraising. org.uk have teamed up with Virgin Experience Days to give one lucky easyfundraising member a day to remember. Every time you shop online this August via easyfundraising you’ll have the chance to win a fabulous Virgin Experience Day worth £175. There are Virgin Experience Days to suit everyone – from flying, golf [...]