Date: March 2023
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We are delighted to announce that our spring project funding vote is now open. A shortlist of 12 projects from around the world are hoping to secure funding for their vital conservation work. You can help choose the next projects to receive EOCA funding by voting for your favourites now.
Also in the newsletter, are details about our Earth Day Fundraiser on 22 April and a fascinating film about the damaging effects of microplastics.
Date: December 2022
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As we near the end of 2022, we would like to take this opportunity to say a very big thank you to our members, partners, projects, board members and Scientific Advisers. As the work of EOCA becomes increasingly more important, we are extremely grateful for their continued support of the conservation and protection of wildlife, landscapes and habitats. Together, we have achieved a tremendous amount.
Date: November 2022
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For the third year running, we will be turning Black Friday GREEN! Our Green Friday Conservation Fundraiser begins today and continues throughout the weekend. Together, with a number of EOCA members, we will be raising funds to support vital conservation around the world, addressing the loss of biodiversity and the climate emergency.
Some of our members will be generously donating a percentage of websites sales to EOCA, whilst others have donated fantastic outdoor gear to be sold via the Outdoor Gear For Good eBay shop.
Date: October 2022
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Dear Friends
We are delighted to announce that our autumn project vote is now open! With the help of our Scientific Advisors, we have chosen eight fantastic projects, all of which will carry out vital conservation work. Get voting now!
Also in the newsletter are details about how you can join the call to action to help deliver a strong COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework to protect and restore nature. Plus, an update on the latest EOCA members and a thank you to our Sustaining Members. There is also news from one of our members, Sunday Afternoons, about its recently awarded Climate Neutral Certification.
Date: June 2022
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Trade Shows Reopen, Earth Day Fundraiser and more!
Following a very busy spring, an even busier summer is already underway! We have been able to choose our first 7 projects to fund in 2022 thanks to the online public vote and member votes, raise a significant amount of money through an Earth Day Fundraiser, and are just about to set off to Germany for our first tradeshow and face to face meetings in well over 2 years!
Date: April 2022
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Dear Friends
It’s that time of year again, when we are delighted to announce that our spring project vote is open! We received a record number of applications for funding, which, as usual, has made our job of selecting a shortlist difficult. However, with the help of our Scientific Advisors, we have chosen 14 fantastic projects, all of which will carry out vital conservation work. The voting opens today and will close in two weeks, on Wednesday 4th May. Get voting now and tell everyone you know to get involved in conservation and have their say!
You can also find details about our Earth Day Fundraiser which officially launches on Friday, although some of our members have already started their support campaigns. Thanks to the generosity of our members, that have either donated product to Outdoor Gear For Good or will be giving a percentage of online sales to EOCA, you have the chance to get some great gear AND help make a difference. Find out more below.
Also in the newsletter are updates on our new EOCA members and a thank you to our Sustaining Members. Plus, details about an upcoming journey of a climbing clean-up and information about how signing up to 1% for the Planet can help support EOCA.
Date: December 2021
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As we reach the end of another year, we would like to take this opportunity to say a very big thank you to our members, volunteers and projects for their continued support of EOCA and the work it does. In what has been, again, another year of uncertainty, together we have achieved a tremendous amount with conservation and protection of the great outdoors, its wildlife, landscapes and habitats remaining our primary focus.
Date: November 2021
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EOCA turns Black Friday Green! With 19 members donating gear, time and money to help raise further funds for the association's conservation projects, everyone's a winner!
Date: October 2021
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Autumn project funding vote between 15th and 29th October, plus updates on current projects and Green Friday Fundraiser.
Date: June 2021
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EOCA June Newsletter: funded projects, fundraiser update, Wild for Nature: EOCA's Landscape Legacy Project and much more!
Date: April 2021
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EOCA Launches its first online fundraiser of 2021 to coincide with Earth Day on 22nd April. Loads of gear and donations from members' own websites - all benefitting the project EOCA funds in 2021.
Date: April 2021
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Despite the impact coronavirus had across the world last year, and its continuing effects in 2021, EOCA is exceptionally fortunate to be so strongly supported by its members. With their ongoing commitment we are able to enthusiastically look forward to all that EOCA has planned, and all that we have already delivered in 2021.
Date: January 2021
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A lot has happened this year and we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge those who have been badly affected. As we reflect on our eventful year at EOCA, we also hope that as we reach 2021, it will bring a much more positive outlook.
Amongst the chaos and uncertainty, the conservation and protection of the great outdoors, its wildlife, landscapes and habitats, has remained our focus. We have been delighted and overwhelmed at the support EOCA has received. The commitment shown by our members, projects and volunteers, to fund conservation projects and take action to protect the places we all love so much, has been simply fantastic.
We hope you enjoy our last newsletter of 2020 and the quick overview of what has been achieved. We look forward to whatever 2021 will bring. Wishing you a fun and festive Christmas and happy New Year!
Date: November 2020
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We are very excited to announce that EOCA and its members are turning Black Friday green! Together with 17 members, EOCA is launching an online, GREEN FRIDAY fundraiser! Through this event, you will be able to get your favourite outdoor gear AND make a difference, raising money for vital conservation projects.
Together with our EOCA members, we are committed to the conservation of the great outdoors, supporting organisations and projects working to protect their local wildlife, habitats and communities. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of EOCA members, and we are delighted to bring you this good news story as we reach the end of what has been a challenging year for everyone.
Date: October 2020
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Launch of online public voting to help choose the next projects to be supported by EOCA. Voting between 8th - 22nd October. Green Friday online fundraiser in November and an update on our previous conservation fundraiser. Plus, a few current project updates.
Date: June 2020
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Our first ever online Conservation Fundraiser launched on 27th June. Raising funds for vital conservation projects.
Date: May 2020
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An update on all things project! The next funding round starting June 1st, the projects we have funded so far this year and updates from 7 projects EOCA has been funding recently.
Date: April 2020
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The year began as we had left 2019 - with increases in members and a record-breaking amount raised at the ISPO trade show. Then COVID-19 hit and everything started to change. Updates from the first quarter of the year and what EOCA is doing to adapt to a new way of working.
Date: December 2019
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Dear All
Welcome to the end of the year, and the end of a decade! As we look forward to what 2020 will bring, we are delighted to give you an update and a round-up of what has been an incredibly exciting year for EOCA. Thank you so much for all your support over the last 12 months.
Tanya and Catherine
Date: October 2019
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Welcome to September’s Newsletter! In our June newsletter, we told you about our plans for the OutDoor by ISPO show in Munich …..fundraisers, reducing single use plastic and launching projects. The energy and achievements of all involved exceeded our expectations! Since then, we have been focussed on assessing a large number of project applications for funding by EOCA and its members this autumn. Which means that we have a vote starting today for you to help us choose where EOCA’s money is spent. Please read on for all the details…
Date: June 2019
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Welcome to June’s Newsletter. Just weeks before our annual summer meet and with so many things going on, it is hard to know where to start! We are really excited to update you with the last 3 months’ work.
A huge thank you to all of our members for their continued support and for making all this possible.
Date: March 2019
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What a high energy start to 2019! We are thrilled with the reception our new 2 year focus has received from our existing members and also the wider outdoor industry. Plastic Free: Mountain to Sea will be a campaign to enable EOCA, its members and outdoor enthusiasts to meet their responsibilities in tackling the issue of plastic pollution – by cleaning up the pollution already in the great outdoors AND by reducing the use of everyday single use plastic. We are excited to see what we can deliver together over 2 years of this focus, which will run along side our continuing to fund a broad range of conservation projects around the world.
A huge thank you to all of our members, partners and friends for their continued support and for making all this possible.
Date: December 2018
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As another successful year for EOCA draws to a close, we take time to look back on the highlights of the year, and forward to exciting plans for 2019. It is also a time to say a huge THANK YOU to all of our members, partners, friends and supporters who make EOCA’s achievements possible.
Date: October 2018
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With temperatures making it feel like summer is still clinging on, we are pleased to bring you the latest EOCA newsletter to update you on what we have been doing since the OutDoor tradeshow in June. We have had a funding round, are about to start the next online vote and have exciting plans for the New Year. Read all about it – and please do get involved in anything that particularly grabs your interest!
Date: June 2018
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Welcome to the summer issue of the EOCA Newsletter! With the OutDoor show just days away, we thought it would be appropriate to have an image of Tanya and Catherine enjoying the sunshine after a hard day's work at a previous show .....!
We had a very dramatic and exciting Spring vote this year, have some great new projects to tell you about, a new funding round is underway and of course all the events going on in Friedrichshafen shortly - so please read on
Date: March 2018
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EOCA has made a flying start to 2018....Raising double the usual levels of funds at the ISPO trade show, finalising the assessment of record numbers of funding applications, receiving exciting and inspiring reports back from projects currently being funded by the Association and setting up the next public vote...
Date: December 2017
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What a year!! We are delighted to report another year of targets being excelled and previous records being beaten: €360,000 committed to conservation projects. 279 applications received for funding. 1,845,544 trees planted towards our 2 Million Tree target. Over €37,000 raised through fundraising activities at Outdoor and ISPO. Over 60.4 million people reached during the spring public vote and a further 70 million through a collaboration a short time later. 92% of members engaging with EOCA in ways beyond paying their membership fees. A huge thank you to all of our members and also our other partners, supporters and friends for making this possible! We wish you all a wonderful Christmas break and a healthy, happy and successful 2018!
Tanya and Catherine
Date: December 2017
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What a year!! We are delighted to report another year of targets being excelled and previous records being beaten: €360,000 committed to conservation projects. 279 applications received for funding. 1,845,544 trees planted towards our 2 Million Tree target. Over €37,000 raised through fundraising activities at Outdoor and ISPO. Over 60.4 million people reached during the spring public vote and a further 70 million through a collaboration a short time later. 92% of members engaging with EOCA in ways beyond paying their membership fees. A huge thank you to all of our members and also our other partners, supporters and friends for making this possible! We wish you all a wonderful Christmas break and a healthy, happy and successful 2018!
Tanya and Catherine
Date: October 2017
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Welcome to our third newsletter of 2017! Can you believe we are in October already? The summer has absolutely flown by - you will see why below....!
We have a lot of exciting news to update you on and our next public vote has just started, so please do read on and get involved!
Date: June 2017
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Now that was a busy 3 months! Thanks to everyone who got involved in the spring public vote which reached record numbers of people worldwide – over 60.4 million! And how satisfying to be able to support the highest number of projects in one funding round in the Association’s history. Being approached and collaborating with Sony was a first, which resulted in large amounts of media coverage for EOCA. All this means that we have lots to discuss and celebrate with members and potential new members at the OutDoor tradeshow next week in Friedrichshafen, where we will also be busy raising more money for conservation…..
Date: March 2017
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Where has the time gone since we started 2017? EOCA has been hugely busy attending trade shows, funding projects, counting trees and setting up the next public vote which has just got underway today! Read all about it below and please get involved!
Date: December 2016
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Can you believe that the end of the year is nearly upon us! This has been such an exciting year for EOCA, what with it being our 10 year anniversary and launching our 2 Million Tree Campaign. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all very much for your support and for getting involved – and wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for a successful 2017!
Date: October 2016
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Welcome to October’s Newsletter from EOCA! Following a fascinating summer launching the EOCA 2 Million Tree Project and then reading through over 100 applications for funding to make this a reality, we are very pleased to be able to update you on all the team have been doing recently
Date: July 2016
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2 Million raised and spent on conservation, Celebrations at OutDoor, 2 Million Tree Initiative
Date: December 2015
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Despite a very wet end to 2015 at EOCA HQ, we are delighted to celebrate some really impressive achievements during the year with our members. The two public votes reached 36 million consumers this year............ And EOCA put €270,000 into conservation projects.....
Date: July 2015
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31.5 million reached during EOCA Spring public vote! That was far beyond what we dared to hope for. Find out in this newsletter which projects were chosen for funding and how we follow such an exciting spring!
Date: March 2015
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As we write this, and it cannot make up its mind whether to hail or snow, Spring seems a very long way away! But Spring it must be, because we are celebrating raising well over €8,000 at the recent ISPO outdoor industry trade show and welcoming 4 new members to the Association.
Not only that but our public vote has just started (see below for details about how to get involved) and with €240,000 available for projects this year, the shoots of new growth are already appearing ….
Date: December 2014
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Building on the massive growth of membership in 2013, 2014 has been another incredible year for the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). Big strides have been made in what the European outdoor Industry has achieved in the name of conservation. Looking back on 2014, we are pleased to outline EOCA's main achievements ......
Date: September 2014
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The first ever Autumn Public Vote is here! Thanks to the surge in membership we have experienced, we are now able to hold two funding rounds and two votes per year. Please get involved to vote for your favourite conservation projects, to help us choose which projects will receive EOCA funding!
Date: June 2014
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Welcome to some new members and a new scientific member onto the team! The EOCA film is launched, events for the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen and the first ever autumn funding round opens for applications!
Date: March 2014
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Welcome to the first of our quarterly newsletters for 2014. The year has got off to a flying start for EOCA, with €8000 already raised for conservation during the ispo tradeshow and 13 new members signed up! Our public vote starts NEXT WEEK! So please, spread the word and get involved in voting for which projects you would like to see EOCA fund this year – more details below…..
Date: December 2013
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As 2013 draws to a close, we can look back on a year of tremendous growth for EOCA. We have been delighted to welcome an incredible 31 new members this year, more then the last 3 years combined. We hope this reflects the growing appreciation for the role EOCA plays in enabling the European outdoor industry to collectively give back to the great outdoors, and that this rate of growth will continue in 2014.
Date: September 2013
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After a successful OutDoor show, and a wonderful summer season, the EOCA team are looking forward to fresh project funding applications this autumn, and to meeting up with existing and new members at ispo.
Date: July 2013
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After what seemed like a winter that would never end, Spring and Summer have hit us with full force and temperatures have been rising speedily. And with the warmth on our faces, our thoughts inevitably turn to the major event in the summer’s calendar (no, not your holidays) – The OutDoor Trade Show in Friedrichshafen!
Please see below for an update of what EOCA has been up to since the previous newsletter, as well as what is happening at the show. We look forward to catching up with many of you next week!
Date: March 2013
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Exciting news as voting for the 2013 projects starts tomorrow! Also ispo update, news of ambassadors and much more!
Date: January 2013
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This newsletter went out just before Christmas and included highlights of 2012, news about the excellent number and quality of project applications we had had for 2013, plans for the ispo trade show and more!
Date: September 2012
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Welcome to EOCA's autumn newsletter. Fresh from a very successful OutDoor, at which our members helped us celebrate raising our first €1 million for conservation in style, our thoughts are already turning to ispo, and the 2013 project applications.
Date: July 2012
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Welcome to our Summer 2012 newsletter. We are now very busy with our plans for the OutDoor tradeshow in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as I am sure some of you are too. This year's OutDoor is going to be a big celebration for us, as EOCA will have raised its first €1 million.
Date: March 2012
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Welcome to our Spring 2012 newsletter. As we write this, we are in the middle of public voting on which projects we fund this year - a very exciting time. More on this, and all the other things we have been up to below.
Date: December 2011
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We are very pleased to be sending you our early winter newsletter with a round up of what we have been up to during autumn, as well as a look forward to the next few months.
Date: September 2011
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Greetings from a distinctly damp and cool Kendal! We hope you have all managed to take some time off over the summer to recharge the batteries after the madness of OutDoor?!
Date: June 2011
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We are half way through the year and our feet have hardly touched the ground! With OutDoor just around the corner, it is time to give you an update on what the EOCA team has been up to and how you can be involved!
Date: March 2011
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Now that the rush of ispo is finally settling, EOCA has some very exciting news about the project voting for you to get involved in.
As the website continues to grow and we are learning about the joys of Facebook and Twitter, our shortlist of conservation projects seeking funding for 2011/12 is about to be unleashed on an unsuspecting public - so you can get involved in helping us choose which projects to support!
