In the News

February 9, 2024

HCF Updates

Poetry of Impact Podcast Episode 84 with Brett Howell and Josh Bernstein

In this podcast, HCF Founder Brett Howell discusses the journeys that led him to believe in combating the world’s most pressing issues from a place of engagement, innovation, and solutions rather than a fear-based focus on problems.

Poetry of Impact Podcast Episode 84 with Brett Howell and Josh Bernstein

June 7, 2023

HCF Updates

Unlocking Venture Philanthropy: A Discussion with Kirsten Midura from Howell Conservation Fund

Discussing Howell Conservation Fund's unique venture philanthropy approach with A New Earth Project

Unlocking Venture Philanthropy: A Discussion with Kirsten Midura from Howell Conservation Fund

February 27, 2023

HCF Updates

How To Make Your First Seed Funding Grant

Seed funding is a critical tool in a philanthropist’s impact tool belt. By putting trust and financial support behind your partners’ innovative projects, you can leverage your freedom and risk capital to make a difference.

How To Make Your First Seed Funding Grant

December 8, 2022

Circular Economy

¡Motivo de orgullo! Costa Rica es la sede de la cumbre internacional Zero Waste

Sustainability leaders and experts, including Howell Conservation Fund, come together for the 2022 Zero Waste International Dialogue in Costa Rica

¡Motivo de orgullo! Costa Rica es la sede de la cumbre internacional Zero Waste

July 17, 2022

Henderson Island Expedition

Upsetting Scenes as Trash Returns to Previously Cleared Paradise, Henderson Island

Plastic trash is once again washing up on a deserted South Pacific island, three years after a huge clean-up mission.

Upsetting Scenes as Trash Returns to Previously Cleared Paradise, Henderson Island

January 3, 2021

Henderson Island Expedition

How Common Folk Can Make Big Impact

Straits Times

How Common Folk Can Make Big Impact

December 25, 2020

Henderson Island Expedition

Small Donations Aiming to Make a Big Splash

The New York Times

Small Donations Aiming to Make a Big Splash

December 5, 2020

Henderson Island Expedition

Plastic Pollution Kills Half a Million Hermit Crabs on Remote Islands

The Guardian

Plastic Pollution Kills Half a Million Hermit Crabs on Remote Islands

December 16, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Plastic Rubbish Could Finally Be Removed from World's Most Polluted Place

Stuff

Plastic Rubbish Could Finally Be Removed from World's Most Polluted Place

August 19, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Expedition to world's most plastic polluted place

NatureVolve

Expedition to world's most plastic polluted place

August 2, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Expedition to “World’s Most Polluted Beach” Bags Six Tonnes of Waste

Circular

Expedition to “World’s Most Polluted Beach” Bags Six Tonnes of Waste

July 30, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Henderson Island: The Pacific Paradise Groaning Under 18 Tonnes of Plastic Waste

The Guardian

Henderson Island: The Pacific Paradise Groaning Under 18 Tonnes of Plastic Waste

July 29, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

The Uninhabited Island where the World's Plastic Ends Up

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Uninhabited Island where the World's Plastic Ends Up

July 3, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Desert Island Dump, Chapter 3: Stolen from Talley's

Stuff

Desert Island Dump, Chapter 3: Stolen from Talley's

July 2, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Desert Island Dump, Chapter 2: The Big Haul

Stuff

Desert Island Dump, Chapter 2: The Big Haul

July 1, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Desert Island Dump, Chapter 1: Shipwrecked

Stuff

Desert Island Dump, Chapter 1: Shipwrecked

June 2, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

A Remote Pacific Island is Covered in Plastic; Scientists are Determined to Clean it Up

Stuff

A Remote Pacific Island is Covered in Plastic; Scientists are Determined to Clean it Up

April 4, 2019

Henderson Island Expedition

Henderson Atoll: An Expedition to the Uninhabited Island Harbouring 38 Million Pieces of Plastic

Natural History Museum

Henderson Atoll: An Expedition to the Uninhabited Island Harbouring 38 Million Pieces of Plastic