Mown down – the Grasslands Trust

Last week’s news that the Grasslands Trust has gone into liquidation is sad to hear but it may only be the first and most public sign of the impact of the recession on our tangled bank of wildlife conservation organisations. I know many of the Grasslands Trust’s staff personally, including their Chief Executive Lucy Cooper,…

What’s in a name? Where is the movement?

Your votes in the poll on your preferred future name for the RSPB show you to be a pretty conservative bunch – no surprises there.  Almost two thirds of the 600+ votes were for ‘no change’ with the remainder of the votes split more or less equally between a name that would stick to birds…

Banking on wildlife NGOs

Much has been written, and said, about the dire moral state of banking in the UK.  I find it interesting that moving around bits of paper with numbers written on them should be expected to be a profession of high ethical status but in the old days (about 30 years ago) we are told that…

Marmite revisited

Marmite – you may love it or hate it. Wildlife NGOs – you may love them or hate them. The results of the polls on this website over your favourite and least favourite wildlife NGOs produced a lot of interesting results. I guess it doesn’t really matter that much to Marmite how many people hate…

10 ways to make a difference – and some are free

It’s a tough time for NGOs – here are some ideas for worthy causes to help.   Good to see that the RSPB has the chance to buy a fantastic site on Loch Lomond.  It came up once before and I was sorry that it didn’t work out then. And I haven’t noticed much land…