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Vivienne Westwood – The Rainforest’s Fiercest Advocate

Congratulations to Dame Vivienne Westwood on winning the Beacon Award for An Outstanding Partnership Between a Philanthropist and a Charity, for her partnership with Cool Earth. Cool Earth Patron and Environmental Advocate It has long been known that…

Fire in the rainforest

Rainforest fire is one of many effects of the climate crisis. Climate change seems to have hit the world with its full force this past year, contributing to more intense extreme weather. Back-to-back hurricanes devastated the Caribbean islands, monsoon…

A Dinner For Two With Vivienne Westwood and Friends?

Charity Stars Auction? Read on…   We’ve teamed up with Charity Stars Auction to offer a once in the lifetime opportunity to dine with renowned British fashion designer, environmental activist, and Cool Earth Patron, Dame Vivienne Westwood. During the…

Cultural Loss in Peru

The loss of Asháninkan culture is at risk. People living in the Amazin don’t just fight to protect their rainforest home, they fight to protect their culture, dress and languages too. Culture is being lost in the Amazon rainforest.

The Power of Plants: Rainforest Medicine

The World Health Organisation estimates that 3.5 billion people rely on plants for health and medicine around the world. This includes the people from Cool Earth’s community partnerships. Most of the people we partner with are located in remote…

What is a basic necessity?

In the rainforest, basic necessities can often differ from what we traditionally see as essential in our daily lives. Items like a wooden canoe to transport children to school is a far cry from the vehicles we often rely…

The Congo Basin

The Congo basin is the second largest rainforest in the world, holding up to 400 tonnes of carbon per acre. Here at Cool Earth, we’re committed to working with communities in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

How mangroves are playing a part in saving the rainforest

Mangroves are seriously tough trees that grow in the challenging conditions of intertidal zones – where the rainforest meets the sea. Covering one-fourth of the world’s tropical coastline, they boast their own wetland ecosystem, populated by plants and animals living…

Sue Weir

Chief Executive at Medicash