Exeter’s nature student working for a change

Peter Cooper is a Zoology student at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall campus who is actively inspiring young people, including his housemate Charlotte Wetherill, who nominated him for Hidden Heroes, to share his love of wildlife.

Peter uses his time to volunteer for good causes working towards protecting the planet and regularly volunteers as a keeper at the New Forest badger group, at Marwell Zoo and at RSPB date with nature. In addition to his volunteer work and university work Peter involves himself in numerous groups and societies such as Focus on Nature, Bioscience Employability Committee and Ecosoc committee where he is a mammal representative.

Peter also writes an animal blog and his lifelong  goal is to open a wildlife sanctuary in the highlands of Scotland in order to reintroduce large mammals into the United Kingdom, Peter’s work is set to inspire.

The Earth Hour ‘Hidden Heroes’ competition www.wwf.org.uk/hiddenheroes invites people within their local community to nominate themselves or others who have gone the extra mile to help create a greener, more sustainable future.

After the success of Hidden Heroes in 2013, this year’s competition is being run as a partnership between WWF-UK and People’s Postcode Lottery - a charity lottery where players play with their postcodes to win cash prizes while raising money for charities and good causes local to them.

Clara Govier, Head of Charities at People’s Postcode Lottery, said: “We are delighted that our players support Earth Hour’s ‘Hidden Heroes’ competition to help celebrate those individuals achieving positive change for the environment – we strongly encourage all those working to drive forward environmental change to come forward and tell their story”.