WHAT we do

Wildlands’ work is structured around a set of activities that combine to form a holistic approach to creating sustainable communities that will underwrite the sustainable future that we believe is possible.

Green-preneurship

These activities aim to unlock the ‘green-preneurship’ potential of the impoverished and unemployed by:

• Nurturing the development of waste-preneurs, tree-preneurs and food-preneurs that collect recycling, grow trees and organic food, and then barter what they have grown and collected for food, clothes, education support, building material, water tanks, solar water heaters, solar powered lighting and bicycles;
• Nurturing the growth of these individuals into green-preneurs – bike-preneurs, cell-preneurs, water-preneurs, fruit-preneurs, etc… who harness the opportunities to become viable small businesses in their own right.

Restoration

Our restoration work supports the cleaning of our partner communities and the restoration of their ecosystems by:

• Establishing partnerships that enable effective waste recycling, servicing businesses, academic learning, residential, charitable and government communities.
• Helping communities restore the ecosystems that provide life support; their forests, rivers, wetlands and grasslands.

Stewardship

Wildlands’ Stewardship activities support the formal conservation and protection of the priority biodiversity associated with our initiative regions by:

• Supporting the expansion of the “conservation footprint”; protecting areas that underwrite ecosystem function and supporting the establishment of Climate Change Adaptation corridors.
• Securing the conservation of rare and threatened species.
• Facilitating the development of responsible eco-tourism related opportunities, including guiding, lodges, campsites, sustainable natural resource harvesting and game farming.

Green Leadership

These activities aim to nurture the green leadership potential of our partners and include:

• Our green-preneur Rewards, through which green-preneurs, who meet tree propagation and waste collection targets, are taken on environmental experiences.
• Our Jabulani and Friends cartoon series which profiles key environmental messages in a fun and fresh way.
• Our Women in Conservation experiences, through which we encourage dialogue between women who are leading the environmental revolution.
• Our Business Seminars and Dialogues, through which we work with our business partners to develop their understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by Climate Change.