It’s develop into an annual personalized of mine to give attention to a few of my prime locations to buy to assist wildlife and impartial / small corporations in the midst of the festive season. All by this 12 months, I’ve promoted 60 of those implausible nature and wildlife targeted producers and creatives by my on-line neighborhood, The Nature Maker Crowd, and I genuinely ponder that each one 60 of those corporations, and the fogeys behind them, are implausible locations to buy Christmas presents (Have a look correct proper right here to go looking out all of them).

Nonetheless, contained in the spirit of selecting my yearly small number of sellers to give attention to, I’d favor to introduce you to my 2021 picks for distinctive wildlife presents…

Moon Cubs

Moon Cubs is an costly children homeware model targeted on educating kids about animals and their habitats. By illustrating the beauty of the pure world and the unbelievable animals that dwell inside it, the model goals to point kids the significance of caring and conserving wildlife.

Wherever doable Moon Cubs select eco alternatives, like their lovely pure cushions and endeavour to work with UK suppliers the place they could. They donate 5% of earnings to Born Free, a charity that helps defend threatened and endangered wild animal species, a wide range of which is likely to be showcased of their lovely designs.

Ruby is the designer and founding father of Moon Cubs and is predicated in Hastings, UK. Being launched up contained in the countryside of Devon and Cornwall she has regularly been obsessive about wildlife, with a love for print and portray too. In distinction to fully totally different textile designer’s Ruby works as an artist, taking 6 weeks to attract; and totally hand paint every distinctive scene.

“Moon Cubs started with a have to make use of my inventive expertise and keenness for animals to make a distinction. I need to make kids smile, care and bear in mind inside the course of our animal kingdom, by experiencing the character and attraction of my designs,” Ruby explains.

Go to: http://www.mooncubs.com

SP Wildlife Work by Sophie Parkhill

Sophie Parkhill has regularly cherished work and wildlife, and determined to convey the 2 collectively in 2019 after seeing tutorials by Jason Morgan. In 2020 she started to exhibit her works, and in 2021 Sophie gained varied awards at varied bodily and on-line exhibitions, with my best achievement thus far being exhibited on the Mall Galleries in London.

Sophie explains “After volunteering at a wildlife rescue centre in Thailand in 2017, I’ve now teamed up with the Wildlife Buddies Basis Thailand, the place I will in all probability be making a sequence of labor based totally completely on their very private rescues, and donating 30% of every portray sale to the centre to assist with feeding and treatment prices.”

“With out this centre up and dealing, many elephants, monkeys and extra would nonetheless be being abused for the sake of {{a photograph}}. My goal is to assist centres equivalent to the WFFT of their battle to finish wildlife exploitation and abuse, contained in the tourism commerce.”

Sophie furthermore presents 10% donations to David Shepherd Wildlife Basis (DSWF) on the remainder of her real wildlife work.

By purchasing for an real portray from SP Wildlife Work, not solely are you gaining lovely work in your partitions, you’re furthermore supporting ending abuse and crimes in opposition to the unbelievable wildlife of our planet.

Go to: http://www.spwildlifeart.com

It’s Our Planet Too by Kate Cohen

It’s Our Planet Too is an educational model that goals to encourage kids to like and cope with the setting.It’s Eco Satisfying For Little Of us!

Based by Kate, mum of two in recognition that children correct this second are rising up in a world going by very exact challenges and understanding that we wish them to change into eco-heroes who’re empowered to make a distinction.

The ‘It’s Our Planet Too’ web site launched in 2019, as a useful helpful useful resource for teenagers to go looking out out about our planet, the outcomes that people are having on it and to go looking out why some animals are struggling for survival.

They’ve merely lately launched a variety of sustainably and ethically produced kids’s merchandise together with pure tees, water bottles, baggage and fact-filled notebooks that embrace their model values and key messages and in addition to enable them to provide as soon as extra to a model new charitable enterprise that’s working to guard the animals that children love.

It’s Our Planet Too formally grew to change into a social enterprise in November, when their membership was confirmed by Social Enterprise UK.

Go to: www.itsourplanettoo.co.uk/

Naturally Linked by Barry Madden

As a celebration of all factors wild, Barry has written a e-book entitled ‘Naturally Linked’ which seeks to encourage of us to take time to cease and stare, and respect the wildlife spherical them.

Naturally Linked fantastically combines Barry’s unbelievable nature pictures alongside alongside together with his writings and illustrations, in an opulent full-colour e-book showcasing among the many many spectacular wildlife that has captivated Barry in his native space of Norfolk, and former.

Barry explains, “After I was a budding youthful naturalist, wildlife was all over the place. Birds, butterflies, moths have been considerable and acquainted sights in native gardens, fields and woods. I look now and see that’s not the case; we now have misplaced masses. The problems affecting our wildlife and wild areas; air air air pollution, habitat destruction, unlawful persecution, drainage of wetlands and native local weather change are all too acquainted. I normally really actually really feel it’s too easy to despair, nevertheless we should at all times not quit hope. We’re able to flip factors spherical and make optimistic change.”

“The brand new button is teaching; instilling in new generations the significance of preserving and enhancing the pure world by which we dwell. Lastly, none of us are separated from nature, or it from us; we’re half of an entire, a synergic welding of beings. Because of this actuality we should at all times bridge the disconnect that has pervaded our society. In quite a few phrases we should at all times attempt to enlighten, energise and enthral. My e-book seeks to solely do this.”

“I’ve furthermore created an internet website, WingSearch 2020, which I hope does the equal situation. My e-book is likely to be bought by Bittern Books, or by my web site (see hyperlink beneath), the place it’s also attainable to be taught opinions and get a preview of the content material materials supplies. There’ll in all probability be additional merchandise finally.

Go to: www.wingsearch2020.com

Alicia Hayden Photographs, Work and Poetry

Alicia is a youthful, award-winning wildlife photographer, artist, author, and filmmaker. Her curiosity in wildlife pictures began when she was 10 and situated the macro setting on her digital digital digicam, sparking her aspiration to work contained in the wildlife movie commerce and converse the significance of nature and conservation to others.

Should you occur to’re keen on purchasing for a print of 1 amongst Alicia’s pictures, please get in contact, as she does them on a person foundation. It is doable you may view some examples of her pictures work on her web site: https://aliciahaydenwildlifephotography.zenfolio.com/ alongside together with her favorite devices on her on-line portfolio: https://aliciahaydenportfolio.wordpress.com/

Alicia has been an avid poetry author since she was youthful, and gained WWF’s My True Nature Poetry opponents in 2011 collectively collectively together with her poem, Leopard. After watching David Attenborough’s documentary Extinction: The Data, she felt compelled to do one issue additional, and compiled the gathering “Rain before Rainbows”.

“Rain before Rainbows” is out there in the marketplace to buy by Alicia’s on-line retailer, and 50% of the earnings from the poetry e-book will go on to the wildlife hospital Tiggywinkles, to assist their invaluable work: https://aliciahaydenshop.bigcartel.com/product/rain-before-rainbows

Her piece “When the Whale Sang” gained the Human Impact class, and was awarded the inaugural Ingrid Beazley Award, in David Shepherd Wildlife Basis (DSWF)’s Wildlife Artist of the Yr 2021. Restricted mannequin prints of “When the Whale Sang” could also be found to buy from her on-line retailer, and could also be current in 3 sizes: https://aliciahaydenshop.bigcartel.com/product/when-the-whale-sang-600mm-print

Alicia could also be taking commissions on a rolling foundation. Should you occur to’re keen on ordering a fee, please get in contact by her web site or social media pages, or order immediately by her on-line retailer: https://aliciahaydenshop.bigcartel.com/product/coffee-wildlife-commission

There are furthermore 4 A5 print designs in the marketplace to buy by Alicia’s on-line retailer, alongside together with her 2022 “Whimsical Wildlife” calendar, a double A4 unfold containing 12 real watercolour illustrations: https://aliciahaydenshop.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-whimsical-wildlife-2022-a3-calendar

Go to: https://aliciahaydenshop.bigcartel.com/

I hope you’ve beloved my prime number of wildlife presents for 2021, don’t overlook you may uncover additional sensible producers and creatives over on our Nature Maker Crowd Instagram web internet web page.