Who we support

It is always hard to make decisions on who we should support, or more so who we feel we should prioritise. Below is a shortlist of organisations we have or are regularly donating to.

The Orangutan Project.

The Orangutan Project was established in 1998 by founder and world-renowned orangutan expert, Leif Cocks, as a result of his 25+ year career working with orangutans - including establishing the most successful breeding colony of orangutans in the world. The Orangutan Project was formed with a key mission; to ensure that endangered wild orangutan species would be protected against extinction, and would continue to live in secure populations for generations to come.

Extinction in the wild is likely in the next 10 years for Sumatran orangutans and soon after for Bornean orangutans. Both the Sumatran species (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean species (Pongo pygmaeus) are classified as Critically Endangered according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

The Sumatran and Bornean Orangutans' rainforest habitats are disappearing at an alarming rate due to deforestation and clearing of the land for pulp paper and palm oil plantations, with the remaining forest degraded by drought and forest fires.

In 2012 I adopted Rahayu a young Orangutan girl and have continued to donate to the adoption program every year since.

Find out more about the issues related to deforestation & Palm oil plantation below

Black Summer 2020

In January 2020, struggling mentally with what was happening throughout the country, I decided to auction one of our Emi pods. I guess this was only a mild relief personally but I hope it has helps those who needed it most in some small ways.

The money was donated directly by the winner to three organisations looking after our injured wildlife. Port Macquary Hospital, Wildlife Victoria and Savem.

For each sale during that month we also donated to plant one tree via One Tree Planted.

Tree Project

Tree Project gets urban and rural communities working together to put trees back on the land. Their network of trained volunteers grows indigenous seedlings for rural landholders and Landcare groups who need their help with revegetation.

Working together, they are restoring urgently needed indigenous vegetation and repairing Victoria’s damaged ecosystems. Their volunteers contribute their time and hard work to propagate and care for seedlings of Indigenous trees, shrubs and grasses in their own backyards.

We make regular donations to go towards the running of their organisation.