The Board
Antony Melville is a linguist by background but also a keen botanist and naturalist. He spent 25 years travelling the world selling books and translation rights for publishers, latterly as International Sales Director at Dorling Kindersley; thus learning enough Spanish to aid in communication talking to farmers about their use of Inga alley cropping in Honduras. He has recently completed an MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College.
Tiiu has a keen interest in environmental issues and has previously been instrumental in running a children’s club in aid of saving rainforests. Tiiu has a passion for science and she applies that background to understanding the scientific issues relevant to rainforests and alley cropping. Outside the charity she is now retired, owning and running a small craft business.
Patrick has supported many environmental and human rights charities. He is a retired academic who has a degree in chemistry and psychology. He has an interest in statistics and this was deemed to fit him for the post of treasurer of Rainforest Saver. Outside the chartiy his chief hobbies are gardening and chess.
Nicola Peel is an award-winning environmentalist and Solutionist. She has spent 20 years working in the Ecuadorian Amazon founding and coordinating numerous social and environmental projects. She co-founded the Amazon MycoRenewal Project bringing scientists to the Amazon to experiment using fungi to remediate contaminated sites, she has built rainwater harvesting systems for hundreds of families most in need, cleaned up communities by building with eco-bricks (plastic bottles filled with rubbish) and helped found Inga alley cropping in the Amazon. She is also a filmmaker who travelled from the headwaters of the Amazon down river to Brazil to make the feature documentary Blood of the Amazon and is an inspirational speaker at numerous events around the . Winner of the Peoples Environment Award Finalist in the Guardian Observer Ethical Awards
Antony Melville is a linguist by background but also a keen botanist and naturalist. He spent 25 years travelling the world selling books and translation rights for publishers, latterly as International Sales Director at Dorling Kindersley; thus learning enough Spanish to aid in communication talking to farmers about their use of Inga alley cropping in Honduras. He has recently completed an MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College.
Sarah Roseblade has been a supporter of Rainforest Saver since 2006 when she read an article in Ecologist magazine about Inga Alley Cropping. With a BSc Hons Degree in Biology and Environmental Biology she has always been interested in Environmental issues. Her professional life has led her down the path of her other passion; music and orchestral management. She is honored to have taken over the role of secretary and managing the projects in Cameroon.
Patrick has supported many environmental and human rights charities. He is a retired academic who has a degree in chemistry and psychology. He has an interest in statistics and this was deemed to fit him for the post of treasurer of Rainforest Saver. Outside the charity his chief hobbies are gardening and chess.
Nicola Peel is an award-winning environmentalist and Solutionist. She has spent 20 years working in the Ecuadorian Amazon founding and coordinating numerous social and environmental projects. She co-founded the Amazon MycoRenewal Project bringing scientists to the Amazon to experiment using fungi to remediate contaminated sites, she has built rainwater harvesting systems for hundreds of families most in need, cleaned up communities by building with eco-bricks (plastic bottles filled with rubbish) and helped found Inga alley cropping in the Amazon. She is also a filmmaker who travelled from the headwaters of the Amazon down river to Brazil to make the feature documentary Blood of the Amazon and is an inspirational speaker at numerous events around the . Winner of the Peoples Environment Award Finalist in the Guardian Observer Ethical Awards.
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Sustainability has always been a core part of Robert’s business ethos, whether running a public company through the ‘90s, to setting up a new hospitality business based around sustainability in 2006, which still maintains those values today.
Like many others, Robert was drawn to the benefits of Inga alley cropping from an article in The Ecologist and he has been involved with Rainforest Saver from its inceptions. He has supported RFS since then. In 2022 he accepted an invitation to become a Trustee.
Our Milestones
50,452 Accounts Signed
80,341 Accounts Signed
100,732 Accounts Signed
200,003 Accounts Signed
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