WWF officials are voicing their concerns as the political deadlock in Madagascar may threaten the unique animals found on the island. More than 600 new species have been discovered there since 1999, but many of these animals are now under threat, mostly due to the deforestation of their habitat. In 2009, a 34 year old disc jockey seized power with the army’s backing.
WWF UK is proud to announce that fashion designer, Wayne Hemmingway, will be creating a commemorative piece of artwork this weekend at the Vintage Festival to celebrate their 50th year anniversary. Held from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st July 2011 at London’s Southbank, the festival is a celebration of 5 decades of music, fashion and design, and is a real collectors dream.
To help WWF UK celebrate their 50th anniversary, writer Stephen Poliakoff and director Charles Sturridge have created an amazing short film to commemorate this landmark year. The film, ‘Astonish Me’ focuses the spotlight on some of the most extraordinary species on animals recently found around the world, and you could be in with a chance of winning the trip of a lifetime!
WWF charity officials are stunned to discover over 1000 new species of animal in since their work began on the island of New Guinea in 1998. The findings, at a rate of 2 new species a week, include fanged frogs, blind snake and river sharks. Not sure I’d want to meet any of these animals to be fair!
Marks and Spencer has launched it’s new ecological campaign in association with WWF UK, Forever Fish, with hopes over the next 3 years to raise over £1 million. The money raised will be used to help to protect not just fish, but also seas and coastlines across the globe.
Worldwide travel team, Hostelbookers.com, have come up with a novel way of how you can help them raise £10,000 for one of three UK based charities via the social networking website Facebook. The interesting and innovative piece of viral marketing will guarantee one charity a bumper pay out, and you get a say in where the cash goes.
The WWF’s Earth Hour is held every year during the month of March. Earth Hour is when people across the world come together to turn their lights off for a single hour at 8:30 PM on March 26th to show government’s around the world their concern for climate change. The WWF has a series of high profile black outs across the UK and if you are interested in getting involved you should check out the WWF UK website.
The WWF is also celebrating its 50th anniversary this month with the launch of ‘The Panda Made Me Do It’ campaign, and as part of the celebration, the WWF is going to send some hugely collectable WWF goodies to first person who sends them a photo of themselves next to one of the giant panda posters that are being used to advertise the campaign.
WWF charity officials are concerned that national energy bills will rise thanks to Government proposals to provide £3.43bn for nuclear generators between 2013 and 2026. The plan to introduce a carbon floor price makes a mockery of the current Coalition’s alleged opposition to any form of public subsidy for nuclear. WWF UK are now urging the government to introduce a windfall tax that could be used to support energy efficiency.
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