This is an is an impressive video from the French agency La Chose for Amnesty International (France). Amnesty International was founded in 1961, July, by Peter Benenson in the UK. The charity is approaching it’s 50th Anniversary and this video seems to have been prepared with that in mind. The message of the video, however, […]
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Blog Action Day: Viral Water #bad10
Today is Blog Action Day 2010. This post is written to support clean water. In this post we look at some of the social media and viral success stories for the promotion of clean water. As today’s about supporting clean water around the world please do visit Blog Action Today’s fundraiser page or donate directy […]
Druidism officially recognised as a religion in Britain
The Charity Commission in the United Kingdom will re-classify Druidry / Druidism as a religion. This means that the Druid Network will be able to maintain charity stats that gives it tax breaks. However, the amount of money the Druid Network will earn will be very small. There are only 350 or so people registered […]
Sea turtles invade Bournemouth beach with IFAW warnings
The International Fund for Animal Welfare today swarmed Bournemouth beach with 200 cardboard hawkbill turtles.
Cardboard hawkbill turtles invade Bournemouth beach
Cardboard hawkbill turtles invade Bournemouth beach
The arrival of the turtles is a publicity stunt co-ordinated by the IFAW and agency Rapp designed to raise awareness of the dangers that souvenir hunters are having on wildlife.
Each of the cardboard turtles has a message written under it explaining the dangers of poachers and the efforts of the IFAW to fight them. “Turning the turtle over is the first thing that hunters do”, reads one hard-hitting message.
Oxtales at the Oxford Playhouse
Author of the acclaimed and controversial His Dark Materials trilogy Philip Pullman will visit volunteers at the Oxfam bookshop in St Giles, Oxford, during Bookfest. Oxfam Bookfest runs across the country from July 4-18th.
Last year a volunteer at the St Giles store spotted an early Graham Greene novel, Rumour at Nightfall, in a box of donated books. The first edition from 1931 was later sold at auction for £15,000 on behalf of Oxfam.
Extinction Sucks: Sea Turtles
There have been sea turtles on Earth for over 100 million years. In this week’s Extinction Sucks Aleisha Caruso and Ashleigh Young spring in to action to try and ensure we have sea turtles for many years to come.
There are seven species of sea turtles and all of them are under the threat of extinction. Problems range from turtle eggs being eaten by pigs, turtles choking on plastic bags mistaken for jellyfish and ghost nets.
Ghost nets are fishing nets either lost or abandoned which trap the sea turtle, keeping them below the surface until they suffer a horrible and slow death.
Climate Rush protesters mark 100 year Suffragette anniversary by gluing themselves to a statue
A man and three women have glued themselves to the statue of Viscount Falkland outside the central lobby of the Houses of Parliament.
Exactly 100 years ago the Suffragette Margery Humes chained herself to the very same statue. She was removed by force as the police deployed chain clippers.
The 2009 April 27th group are believed to be climate protesters from Climate Rush. The protest is designed to be a wake-up call for the British government. Climate Rush are protesting against the government’s decision to allow a new evolution of coal power plants to be built in Britain.
Last chance to save Firsland Animal Sanctuary
An animal sanctuary on the outskirts of picterquese Torquay will close today unless a good Samaritan steps forward at the last minute.
The sanctuary is currently home to 150 abandoned animals including cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, ducks, chickens, geese, turkeys, Reppy the point, Barbie the sheep and some goats.
Extinction Sucks!
Extinction Sucks is a new online TV program from the WWF. Each episode is half an hour long and will feature on Panda.org and Babelgum over the next six weeks.
Extinction Sucks is designed to bring quality conversation and green issue programs to the digital audience.
Causes: Is the credit crunch squeezing the National Trust?
The National Trust is an important and valuable institution. It looks after sites of historic interest in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It rules on important decisions like the Druid Keiller battle.
The National Trust raises money in a few ways. It collects money directly at some locations. However, as the credit crunch bites people travel less and visit those protected and managed locations less. As a result the National Trust collects less donations.
Another key way the National Trust raises money to help protect some of the most important buildings and landscapes in the UK is through memberships.
