RST - Richard Sandbrook Trust

Video messages

How Richard made a difference

Learn about the contribution that Richard made to the environment and development field – in the words of those who worked closely with him. Watch video messages from the likes of the Eden Project’s Tim Smit and WWF’s Yolanda Kakabadse.

  1. Ashok Khosla, Head of Development Alternatives in New Dehli, was a long time collaborator of Richard's, through their varied work with IUCN

    Ashkok Khosla

  2. South African politician and former mayor Duma Nkosi chaired the Assurance Group for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development project that Richard co-ordinated

    Duma Nkosi

  3. Former diplomat, politician and journalist Mark Malloch Brown knew Richard well from his time as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme

    Mark Malloch Brown

  4. Sara Parkin co-founded Forum for the Future and regularly relied on advice from Richard as one of her Trustees

    Sara Parkin

  5. Richard had a lifelong association with Cornwall and was a wholehearted supporter of the Eden Project, working as a non-executive director with Tim Smit to develop the project's vision

    Tim Smit

  6. Yolanda Kakabadse, politician and activist from Ecuador, shared Richard's belief in the new for international collaborations on sustainable development

    Yolanda Kakobadse

His life in pictures

Meadow cranesbill flower

Get inspiration from Richard’s life and work, touching everything from Friends of the Earth to Rio Tinto, from biodiversity to poverty.

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Richard's achievements

Richard Sandbrook photo

Find out more about the importance of Richard's work in this glowing set of obituaries from 2005.

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