About Us
Our goal is to encourage and actively promote volunteering in the environmental conservation sector worldwide. We believe the best way to volunteer is with the help of small, local groups as an alternative to large international companies that are mostly profit orientated. This is why we are offering our partner volunteer groups their own space on our website to freely promote themselves in the UK. The Society is run by volunteers who mostly share a common academic background in environmental conservation; however we welcome any volunteers with or without experience who share our passion for the environment. Our group formation was also a direct response to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit and its disappointing end. The lack of binding agreement promotes us to continue campaigning for the responsible parties to act on climate change. The Wave March in London was the first demonstration covered by our photo and filming crew [ click here ]

Management
Ion Holban (contact)
is the Founder and Administrator of The New Environmentalist Society. He has a Bachelors in Science (Environmental Conservation) degree from Birkbeck College, University of London. Ion has been involved in conservation and volunteering for several years and believes that the environmental sector is still lacking a strong network of specialised local volunteer groups while far too many international companies are charging over the top for their services, with little or no impact locally.
Daniel Hercock
is our UK Manager, responsible for coordinating most of our UK local volunteer groups. He also has a Bachelors in Science Degree in Environmental Conservation and he is a close friend and former colleague of Ion Holban at Birkbeck College, University of London. Daniel has a passion for wildlife and has worked and volunteered for various conservation organisations including, most recently, the RSPB as a warden at the UK's largest Little Tern colony and The London Wildlife Trusts Watervole project.
Yibo Hu
is our China and Oceania Manager. Yibo holds a Bachelors in Science Degree from Otago University in New Zealand and a Masters Degree from Australia National University. Yibo has several years of international volunteering experience with various United Nations NGOs, as well as engaging with local conservation projects in China, New Zealand and Australia. In her spare time, Yibo is a keen travel writer, contributing to magazines including National Geographic Traveler and Esquire and combining rich traveling knowledge, environmental concerns and cultural issues into her articles.
Ciprian Diaconita
is our Media Manager. Ciprian initially worked as a travel agent and later started his own media and advertising venture. He is now the owner of DiaconDesign and has decided to use his several years of experience in website and graphic design to help us promote our Society. He is a keen environmentalist and the designer of our current website.
Ricardo N Simon
is our Senior Advisor for Brazil. Ricardo is a keen marine conservationist and a passionate advocate of cycling as an alternative mode of transportation in urban environments. He holds a Bachelors in Science Degree in Environmental Conservation from Birkbeck College, University of London, and has volunteered with several organizations, including the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust in Scotland. He has also worked for the TAMAR sea turtle conservation project in Brazil. He is currently working on a new campaign to highlight the health and environmental benefits of cycling.
Mircea Victor Budaca
is our Senior Advisor for Canada, based in Toronto. Mircea has volunteered for several local conservation projects in Canada and the UK and he is currently applying his experience into designing environmental-friendly homes and commercial properties. Mircea is about to finish his George Brown College Diploma in architecture technology, while looking to apply his volunteer experience in addressing environmental concerns of today.
Siobhan Carleton-Green
is our Facilities and Projects Coordinator. Siobhan is a wildlife and conservation enthusiast. Growing up in the south of Spain she was able to work along side Sunseed Desert Technologies and "Altered Natives" Eco Farm based in the south of Spain where she volunteered as a worker and as a tour guide explaining the solar technology and the arid land cultivation. From London, Siobhan coordinates our projects and consolidates our contacts with our partners worldwide.

We are a non-profit society founded by volunteers for volunteers!