So here it is. The annual bombardment of charity donation requests is upon us. Same same, blah blah blah...or not!

This is different because it effects every living thing on our planet, both now and in the future.

World Land Trust is an international conservation charity that protects, creates and preserves ecosystems across the world. WLT focuses on buying acreage in threatened habitats and investing in the sustainable management and growth of these areas by passing on donations to local conservation teams.

So why donate to WLT? Well, if not for the environmental, ecological and biological benefits or our moral, sustainable and social responsibilities, then for David Attenborough, who is a patron of this fantastic charity.

Please, help future generations enjoy the wonders of our great planet.

P.S. If the above hasn't persuaded you to part the purse strings, I'll be training four nights a week in the cold, wet winter. That alone is surely worth a fiver?!

Appease the trees.

To find out more about WLT visit http://www.worldlandtrust.org/