What Others Say
Here are some of the awards, testimonials & feedback we have received.
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
Our work has been listed as one of only 60 conservation initiatives to look out for, over the next 60 years, according to the world's oldest and largest network of conservation experts (IUCN, Oct 2008).
Find us on page 19 of the
IUCN's "Shaping the Future" report>IUCN and The Prince's Rainforests Project>
Healthy Planet receives a Google Grant Award
We are very pleased to tell you that Healthy Planet has been selected
to participate in the Google Grants programme. After careful review of all
the applications we received, we chose Healthy Planet based on the strength of your application and potential to benefit from free Google AdWords
advertising. We're excited to be able to help you reach your target
audience with public service messages using AdWords.
The google grants program supports organizations sharing google's
philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science
and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth
advocacy, and the arts.
Grants Team
GoogleGrants-UK@google.com
Financial Times - Towards a Healthy Planet
Read the FT's Article on Healthy Planet on 6 Dec 2008.
Or listen to the FT's podcast of the interview.
14min FT Podcast Interview (short) - listen
24min FT Podcast Interview (full) - listen
Mike Southon
Financial Times Columnist & Co-author of "The Beermat Entrepreneur" series of books.
FT / Beermat Entrepreneur
Plant-a-Tree-Today Foundation (PATT)
Healthy Planet's Land Guardian experience gives our existing supporters something new and tangible so they become more closely involved in what we do by reading about our planned work & voting on how their money is used. It also means we have access to a whole world of new supporters who are interested in helping the places we know and are working in.
It's a fun and efficient way to connect donors and agencies like us because it uses satellite images and is very transparent about how your money is used. Well done and thank you.
Andrew Steel, MBA, FinstLM, MCIM
Founder & Director
PATT - A UK registered charity working throughout Asia
African Conservation Foundation
What an exciting and innovative concept! The project will provide users around the world with a Web 2.0 experience, using the power of the latest mapping technologies, and engage them in a very real way in the management and monitoring of a protected area of their choice. I have no doubts this will create a very dedicated community of supporters.
Healthy Planet will bring it all together: the spatial component with the selection and voting system, for the donors, the bidding system and direct communication channels between local organisations and global citizens, and of course the generation of funds for conservation activities on the ground.
Arend de Haas
Director - Conservation
St Andrew’s College, Canada
Your idea of the park mapping fits perfectly with what we do in a couple of our courses. I teach a Geomatics course in secondary school & this would be a clever way to expose the students to a great environmental use of geotechnologies.
David Joiner, St Andrew’s College, Aurora, Ontario
Passion for the Planet Radio
Hear Passion for the Planet's radio interview on Healthy Planet's launch on 22 April 2008 (Earth Day). 4 min audio download here>
Chantal Cooke
Co-founder/Director
Passion for the Planet DAB Digital Radio