Wearing a half-cut, strange and unique beard is the norm for James Stanton-Cooke; or Jimmy HalfCut because our mighty conservation comrade wants you to know that half of the world’s rainforests have been cut down! And the oldest rainforest in the world is taking a hacking - that being the Daintree Rainforest in far North Queensland where the world listed UNESCO world heritage site is fighting a battle of it’s own. Plots of land are being sold off, trees the size of the Statue of Liberty are being cut down and the endangered and prehistoric Cassowary is being run down by local traffic - and you have the power to help. 

A personal favourite spot of Julia and Paul’s, this hilarious and straight up episode takes you for a stroll back in time and into the lungs of our planet where Paul and Julia come up with a larger than life and probbaly never going to happen campaign to save the Rainforest.

HalfCut Org is a text deductible Australian organisation who aim to protect crucial forests for habitat for threatened and endangered species, protect Traditional Owners land titles, start mass tree planting projects and ultimately be part of the solution to the growing climate emergency, ensuring a safe future for all species on Earth.HalfCut is a peer to peer, social and environmental movement that engages all people to raise funds for forest regeneration and conversation. They create visual disruption by wearing a Halfcut look to start conversations about actively saving the Daintree Rainforest.

Listen to our podcast and Jimmy’s story and be inspired to shave, cut, braid or colour. Go Halfcut on the World HalfCut day August 31st 2021 for as long or as short as you want, for the week or even the whole month. It's up to you. The money you raise will help protect the oldest rainforest in the world. Expanding Daintree National Park.You'll be helping buy four critical lots in the Daintree Rainforest. Every $2.50 you raise saves 1m2 of the Daintree!

 

THE DIRT

@halfcutorg


- Half of the worlds rainforests are gone and so be it, so is Jimmy’s beard but lets talk the origin of how this even happened to the forests and his face!


- Jimmy has a few secrets and tricks in the Daintree, with spiders in particular…


- The Daintree is full of an abundance of life… and very interesting bugs…


- Jimmy's love for the mighty Cassowary - our Australian dinosaur


- The dirt on why the Daintree rainforest desperately needs our focus and our hearts and how Jimmy raised over $372,000.00 and protected 149,099m2 of the Daintree Rainforest in 2020


- People live in the Daintree rainforest?!


- How, for some mental reason, the Daintree Rainforest is open to farming and agriculture (we are talking about a UNESCO world heritage site that co-exists with the Great Barrier Reef)


- Halfcut Organisations’ ultimate goal


- The incredible impacts that the trees of the Daintree have on the environment and what they are worth to the survival of this ecosystem?


- The dirt on deforestation and its effect on drought and climate


- How Halfcut Org are buying back the land in the Daintree and returning it to its rightful traditional owners…


- If not the mainstream media, where can people turn to for accurate information?


- How much time do we have left until climate change really gets us?


- Who are the corporate individuals who can help support movements like yours Jimmy? AKA ‘ethical corporates’


- Tell us about your favourite lot of land in the Daintree and why is it so special?


- Who’s responsibility is the protection of these rainforests?


- Celebrity ambassadors of HalfCut


- Corporations we can support who are doing things the environmentally friendly way!


- Go to HalfCut and find out how you can go half cut or donate!


- HalfCut Instagram

Wearing a half-cut, strange and unique beard is the norm for James Stanton-Cooke; or Jimmy <a href="https://go.halfcut.org/">HalfCut</a> because our mighty conservation comrade wants you to know that half of the world&rsquo;s rainforests have been cut down! And the oldest rainforest in the world is taking a hacking - that being the Daintree Rainforest in far North Queensland where the world listed UNESCO world heritage site is fighting a battle of it&rsquo;s own. Plots of land are being sold off, trees the size of the Statue of Liberty are being cut down and the endangered and prehistoric Cassowary is being run down by local traffic - and you have the power to help. 
A personal favourite spot of Julia and Paul&rsquo;s, this hilarious and straight up episode takes you for a stroll back in time and into the lungs of our planet where Paul and Julia come up with a larger than life and probbaly never going to happen campaign to save the Rainforest.
HalfCut Org is a text deductible Australian organisation who aim to protect crucial forests for habitat for threatened and endangered species, protect Traditional Owners land titles, start mass tree planting projects and ultimately be part of the solution to the growing climate emergency, ensuring a safe future for all species on Earth.HalfCut is a peer to peer, social and environmental movement that engages all people to raise funds for forest regeneration and conversation. They create visual disruption by wearing a <a href="https://go.halfcut.org/impact">Halfcut look</a> to start conversations about actively saving the Daintree Rainforest.
Listen to our podcast and Jimmy&rsquo;s story and be inspired to shave, cut, braid or colour. Go Halfcut on the World HalfCut day August 31st 2021 for as long or as short as you want, for the week or even the whole month. It's up to you. The money you raise will help protect the oldest rainforest in the world. Expanding Daintree National Park.You'll be helping buy four critical lots in the Daintree Rainforest. Every $2.50 you raise saves 1m2 of the Daintree!
&nbsp;
THE DIRT
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/halfcutorg/">@halfcutorg</a>
<ul>
<li>
- Half of the worlds rainforests are gone and so be it, so is Jimmy&rsquo;s beard but lets talk the origin of how this even happened to the forests and his face!
</li>
<li>
- Jimmy has a few secrets and tricks in the Daintree, with spiders in particular&hellip;
</li>
<li>
- The Daintree is full of an abundance of life&hellip; and very interesting bugs&hellip;
</li>
<li>
- Jimmy's love for the mighty Cassowary - our Australian dinosaur
</li>
<li>
- The dirt on why the Daintree rainforest desperately needs our focus and our hearts and how Jimmy raised over $372,000.00 and protected 149,099m2 of the Daintree Rainforest in 2020
</li>
<li>
- People live in the Daintree rainforest?!
</li>
<li>
- How, for some mental reason, the Daintree Rainforest is open to farming and agriculture (we are talking about a <a href="https://www.discoverthedaintree.com/daintree-rainforest-6/">UNESCO world heritage site</a> that co-exists with the Great Barrier Reef)
</li>
<li>
- Halfcut Organisations&rsquo; ultimate goal
</li>
<li>
- The incredible impacts that the trees of the Daintree have on the environment and what they are worth to the survival of this ecosystem?
</li>
<li>
- The dirt on deforestation and its effect on drought and climate
</li>
<li>
- How Halfcut Org are buying back the land in the Daintree and returning it to its rightful traditional owners&hellip;
</li>
<li>
- If not the mainstream media, where can people turn to for accurate information?
</li>
<li>
- How much time do we have left until climate change really gets us?
</li>
<li>
- Who are the corporate individuals who can help support movements like yours Jimmy? AKA &lsquo;ethical corporates&rsquo;
</li>
<li>
- Tell us about your favourite lot of land in the Daintree and why is it so special?
</li>
<li>
- Who&rsquo;s responsibility is the protection of these rainforests?
</li>
<li>
- Celebrity ambassadors of HalfCut
</li>
<li>
- Corporations we can support who are doing things the environmentally friendly way!
</li>
<li>
- Go to <a href="https://halfcut.org/">HalfCut</a> and find out how you can go half cut or donate!
</li>
<li>
- HalfCut <a href="https://www.instagram.com/halfcutorg/">Instagram</a>
</li>
</ul>

Let’s be honest, none wants to talk about the end of the world.
However, with the looming issues of climate change, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, overfishing and an endless list of planetary challenges, mass global conservation efforts are at play.
But is their advocacy too much for the masses to handle?
Julia Wheeler and Paul De Gelder chat with these game-changers who are striving to protect mother earth and tackle the stigma, rumours and gossip surrounding what conservation actually means, getting down to the dirt of an ever changing controversial circle from a humour driven, fact-checking, empowering and listener life- changing perspective.

Advertisement