Are there any other Life Fellows of the RSPB on Bird Forum (1 Viewer)

IAN JAMES THOMPSON · Jan 11, 2013

I was left a substantial amount of Money by my Father when he died 12 years ago and two years ago I joined the RSPB as a Life Fellow. Are there any other Bird Forum members who are Life Fellows of the RSPB!
Ian.

George London · Jan 11, 2013

No, how much was it?

Cheers George

IAN JAMES THOMPSON · Jan 11, 2013

George London said:
No, how much was it?

Cheers George

If I'm correct it was over £1000.00 possibly a little more. But I thought it was a good cause and as I was left a substantial amount of money by my Father I could afford it and I used to be an annual RSPB member in the 1970s but I found myself not so well off and I had a chance to support a worthwhile cause and its even given me a greater interest In Birds and other wildlife.
Ian.

George London · Jan 11, 2013

I'm in a real moral pickle with charitable donations... Currently leaning (with a heavy heart and immense pragmatism) towards no donation EVER towards any specific human/wildlife. For me the only option is rain forests and ocean conservation charities. My view is that if we don't then far more humans will die in the long run...

In any event, you have thought this through and committed a great deal of cash, so congratulations!

Farnboro John · Jan 12, 2013

George London said:
I'm in a real moral pickle with charitable donations... Currently leaning (with a heavy heart and immense pragmatism) towards no donation EVER towards any specific human/wildlife. For me the only option is rain forests and ocean conservation charities. My view is that if we don't then far more humans will die in the long run...

In any event, you have thought this through and committed a great deal of cash, so congratulations!

I certainly agree with not contributing to human charities, but why not wildlife ones? All wildlife certainly needs help in this human-centric and human greed world. And what price saving any part ofteh rainforest if our own land becomes a poisoned desert?

All UK birders should be RSPB members first and contribute to their favourite foreign conservation areas second.

John

John Cantelo · Jan 12, 2013

Farnboro John said:
I certainly agree with not contributing to human charities ...

All UK birders should be RSPB members first and contribute to their favourite foreign conservation areas second.

John

Well done, Ian, for supporting the RSPB so generously. It's now £1200 to become a fellow - not cheap, but considering how many of us hang optics of a similar value round our necks perhaps more of us should follow Ian's splendid example.

I broadly agree with John's final point, but not the first. Surely, though, even an old curmudgeon (

) like him would support this one - http://www.populationmatters.org/

Richard Klim · Jan 12, 2013

Farnboro John said:
All UK birders should be RSPB members first...

Such sentiments are often expressed within the birding community. But I don't accept that we should necessarily give the highest priority to a charity directly related to our pastime. It's an individual choice, and personally I consider the RSPB to be a long way down a list of the most deserving causes in today's world.

halftwo · Jan 12, 2013

George London said:
For me the only option is rain forests and ocean conservation charities. My view is that if we don't then far more humans will die in the long run...

If 99% of humans were to die that would be great for the rest of life on the planet, surely?

Gill Osborne · Jan 12, 2013

Definitely! :t:

George London · Jan 12, 2013

Farnboro John said:
I certainly agree with not contributing to human charities, but why not wildlife ones? All wildlife certainly needs help in this human-centric and human greed world. And what price saving any part ofteh rainforest if our own land becomes a poisoned desert?

All UK birders should be RSPB members first and contribute to their favourite foreign conservation areas second.

John

Hi John,

Well I guess I believe that if we don"t save the rain forests and the oceans then, ultimately, all wildlife will die. So there are only two options for charitable giving - world saving (in effect both humans and wildlife), or specific regional saving.

I would rather the UK was a poisoned desert but there were still wild and ecologically rich/pure parts of the world, than the whole world die out. In making that statement I completely understand that if you don't agree that rainforest (I should clarify, I probably mean trees) and oceans are fragile lynchpins as such, then the options above are a load of rubbish:smoke:! Related, I also believe the world is currently vulnerable and that we may be closer to triggering unstoppable chain events (you may have seen the shark fin thread) than many might think.

As far as which charities people choose I'm a believer that no one should give to any particular cause or charity - their money, their choice...

Half two - call me an extremist but I reckon there's room for a little more than 1% of current population and still reach acceptable levels of human/rest of life harmony

Cheers George

Geoff Brown · Jan 12, 2013

I'm a Life fellow, we have to do everything possible for this planet as we are all subconsciously doing our best to f**k it up. It's the only one we've got and we seem hell bent on destroying it.:C

adrian1 · Jan 21, 2013

I wouldn't donate my money to an organisation with Royal as a prefix. I used to be a member, and I will again when they drop any links to the monarchy.

IAN JAMES THOMPSON · Jan 21, 2013

Actually I'm a republican, but that dos'nt stop me supporting them as they do a fantastic job protecting birds and other forms of wildlife.
Ian.

tperry · Jan 22, 2013

Without the royal charter the RSPB might well do an even better job for wildlife as there are some issues that they cannot fully address at present!

Tony

MJB · Jan 22, 2013

adrian1 said:
I wouldn't donate my money to an organisation with Royal as a prefix. I used to be a member, and I will again when they drop any links to the monarchy.

Presumably if you became seriously ill in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, you would decline treatment on principle from the Royal College of Surgeons?:-O
MJB

IAN JAMES THOMPSON · Jan 22, 2013

MJB said:
Presumably if you became seriously ill in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, you would decline treatment on principle from the Royal College of Surgeons?:-O
MJB

As I said earlier I'm a rebublican, but I'm a Life Fellow of the RSPB as they do a fantastic job protecting Birds and other forms of wildlife and I certainly wouldn't decline treatment from a hospital with the word Royal in it, not even for non urgent treatment.
Ian.

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