The physical and mental health benefits of the great outdoors are easy to understand – campfires, cooking and canoeing pursuits have perennially inspired adventure for children’s writers from Mark Twain to Enid Blyton. Today a Chelmsford-based charity aiming to boost the mental wellbeing of disadvantaged young people from urban areas through nature-based activities is among five projects in [...]
The latest edition of Inspired Times magazine is out and we’re in it! The nice people at Inspired Times wanted to run a feature on nature tourism and who better to speak to than the Wilderness Foundation UK? Tegan Tallulah writes: In our modern, fast paced, and increasingly city-centered lives, the importance of reconnecting with [...]
Wild Mindfulness course in beautiful Cornwall. 23-29 June 2012. Bringing mindfulness practice down to earth… The purpose of the ecoSelf project is to encourage people to live within ecological limits motivated by their embodied sense of ecological identity – rather than moral obligation, ethical duty or rational debate. The project is the professional home of David [...]
Help us win a share of £8,000 by casting your vote Two Wilderness Foundation UK projects have been shortlisted for this year’s Heart of Essex Award running in the Essex Chronicle and the Brentwood Gazette. You can vote for the project that you think deserves a share of the £8,000 prize fund. We hope you [...]
A PROJECT has been launched to realise the long-held dream of a conservation corridor between the Camdeboo and Mountain Zebra national parks in the Eastern Cape karoo. Initiated by the Wilderness Foundation and SA National Parks (SANParks), the two-year first phase of the corridor project will launch in mid-May with a meeting in Graaff-Reinet. Read [...]
The Wilderness Foundation launched the Forever Wild – Rhino Protection Initiative in May, 2011. The Campaign aims to gather support from the public and various stakeholders to help fight against rhino poaching in South Africa and save the rhino from extinction. “It is only through a GLOBAL campaign and POLITICAL will that we can save this remnant [...]
We would like to apologise to everyone who has difficulty contacting the Foundation in the UK today. This was due to a widespread telephone system failure caused by vandalism in the Chelmsford area. We are pleased to advise that our telephone and email service was restored just after 5:00 p.m. today. We will [...]
Starting 1 May, a Wilderness Foundation team of dedicated conservationists will traverse over 5,000 kilometres through six countries, west to east through South Africa on a wilderness trek — they will complete the entire journey on foot, in kayak, and on mountain bike, without the use of motorized transportation. This expedition, Tracks of Giants, will [...]
FOUR SHORT LEGS, ONE HUGE HEART Jock of the Bushveld is Africa’s great animal classic. Now, a 3D animated movie has been made by Duncan MacNeillie and his team and the Wilderness Foundation UK is delighted to be holding the UK premier of the new film. Our fundraising event takes place on Wednesday 13th June [...]
Trustee and wilderness expert Graham Game will be running a bushcraft skills day at Marks Hall Estate, Essex on Saturday 5th May 2012. Bushcraft – Skills for Life Saturday 5th May 2012 10.30am to 3.30pm £15.00 per person Join wilderness expert Graham Game for an introduction to the basic skills you need to thrive and [...]
The April 2012 issue of the International Journal Of Wilderness has now been published. This issue covers: The Spiritual Value of Wilderness IUCN Definition of Wilderness Marine Wilderness For further information please visit the IJW website, include subscription offers: http://ijw.org/subscribe-2/ Please mention the Wilderness Foundation UK when contacting them.
On 5 April 2012, the inaugural Anton Rupert Award for Lifetime Achievement in Conservation was presented to Dr Ian Player by Mr Werner Myburgh, Peace Parks Foundation CEO, and Dr Frank Raimondo, member of the Peace Parks Foundation Board of Directors. By handing him the Award, Peace Parks Foundation and the Rupert Family gratefully applaud [...]
We wanted to let you know about a forthcoming Facilitative Leadership® workshop which may be of interest to Friends and followers of the Wilderness Foundation UK. The three day programme, being delivered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, will take place in Belfast on Tuesday 17th – Thursday 19th April, 2012. For more information on the Facilitative Leadership workshop [...]
Our Friends at the Puppet Barge Theatre located in Little Venice, central London are mounting a production of “Brer Rabbit visits Africa” opening on Saturday 24th March 2012. Brer Rabbit Visits Africa Brer Rabbit travels to Africa to visit his Grandmother. He gets himself into trouble, and all the animals of Africa, elephant, lion and [...]
The Wilderness Foundation UK is delighted to announce that our staff team has been joined by Karin Jordan, thanks to the Vodafone World of Difference Programme. Karin has worked as a freelance consultant burnishing individual, group and business talent for over 9 years. She is a qualified experiential trainer, action learning facilitator, lecturer and coach [...]
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