See our positive impact in
our film #TreesAreTheKey
narrated by Kate Winslet
What We Do
Plant Trees
Predominantly in Kenya, as the tropical conditions near the equator make them grow up to 10 times faster than anywhere else on the planet – that’s great for mitigating climate chaos. We plant a few in the UK too.
Build Schools
Cool, solid stone classrooms are a joy to be in and they make a huge difference to students and teachers. They improve the potential for learning enormously too. At the school above, grades improved by 14% points across the board.
Empower Women
The Mothers of the Forest are a phenomenal women’s group. They’re rewriting their future and underpinning it with education. They’ve planted many thousands of trees and continue to strengthen their framework of support.
Facilitate Education
We apply an holistic approach to learning by working with local teachers who have solutions to the common problems people face. This image shows permaculture in action and a route to greater water and food security.
Everything we do as human beings has an impact on our planet.
We’re striving to ensure that ours, and yours, is as light green as it could ever be.
This beautiful creature is a dik-dik, a tiny member of the antelope family. They've returned to Boré as the canopy cover has increased.
Our Latest News
Renewed Spaces, Renewed Learning
Back in 2015, just before Word Forest’s creation, the co-founders, Simon and Tracey West raised funds to build their first classroom at Kundeni Primary School. The school had only one
Tree Certificates Are Back
Every tree begins as a small seed, but together, those seeds grow into something mighty: forests that clean the air, shelter wildlife, and provide communities with food, shade, and resilience.
Beyond Buzzwords: A Straight-Talking Guide to Carbon Drawdown That Cuts Through the Greenwash
From direct air capture to farming smarter and reforesting the tropics, carbon drawdown is no longer the stuff of academic journals or green tech expos, it’s the frontline of our
How Global Trade Turmoil Could Impact the Fight Against Climate Change
Listen to this article: As a small charity with a big mission—reforesting the tropics and protecting communities on the frontlines of climate change—we rarely comment on global trade policy. But
Handing Over the Torch
It is time to let a very large and exciting cat out of the bag (which is perhaps a dreadful analogy for a peaceful vegan to use – one should
Teach The Future
Listen to this article: Teach the Future is a campaign led by secondary and tertiary education students to greatly improve education on the climate emergency and ecological crisis in the
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Word Forest Organisation is working hard to implement as many of the SDGs as we can.
By supporting us, you will be contributing towards these important goals.
To date, our projects tick: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 17.
With a little help from our friends, we hope to tick them all.
Click the boxes below to find out more about each aim.
Get in touch if you’d like to green up your world.
