Understanding COP28
Listen to this article. With the end of COP28 drawing ever closer, this seems like a perfect time to review the positive (and negative) outcomes of the global meeting thus far. With big parties such as the US, UK and China being present, the anticipation for groundbreaking policies to be installed seems to be at […]
R & A: Socially Speaking By Jed Robertson: Digital Media Specialist
Listen to this article. In this penultimate episode in our series of articles from our Report and Accounts, we hear from Jed, our digital and social media expert. He talks about the growing requirement for charities to stay up to speed with the ever changing technologies and platforms for social media. Jed also discusses how […]
The Importance Of White Roofs
Listen to this article. About 20 years back, anyone in my community who could afford an iron sheet roof was considered to be financially well off. Everyone aspired to have a roof of iron sheets. These were the times when the weather conditions were not as harsh as they have been the past few years. […]
R & A: Improving our Lives and our Planet by Organic Change By Solomon Owiti: Rusinga Island Permaculture Lead
Listen to this article. Following on perfectly from Joy’s article last week, Solomon, also from Rusinga Island, dives deeper into the positive impacts being felt by the Mothers of the Forest alliance on Rusinga Island. Solomon notes how climate change, and the resulting food and water insecurity, continue to cause problems for the Islanders. This […]
Dig Out Your Christmas Jumpers For Word Forest
Listen to this article. The weather has finally taken a more seasonal turn and it’s time to dig a little further back in our wardrobes to cope with chillier temperatures. In the not too distant future, there’s a high likelihood that many of us will be preparing to spend a week or so enjoying seasonal […]
R & A: Women’s Empowerment on Rusinga Island by Joy Masseno, Facilitator of the Mothers of the Forest and Eunice Majuma, her Assistant. Part 1
Listen to this article. We’re three quarters of the way through the serialisation of the articles featured in our Reports and Accounts 2022-23. We hope you’re enjoying reading and listening to them, as much as we are reproducing them. In episode 9, we hear from Joy, facilitator of the Mothers of the Forest on Rusinga […]
Our Rivers Are Not Sewers
Listen to this article. This article was first published in The Oxford Blue magazine. The illustration is by Rosie Creighton. The ecstasy of wild swimming is like looking at the world through a brighter lens. The cold and the energy and the silence. The unspoken comradery of you and other solo swimmers communicated in smiles. […]
R & A Conservation Matters: The Tulinde Bongo Project by Sue Jueno: Special Projects and Fundraising
Listen to this article. Welcome to the eighth in our series of articles from the 2022-23 Word Forest Report and Accounts. In today’s episode, our esteemed colleague, Sue, discusses another of our ambitious projects to help conserve a critically endangered forest antelope called the Mountain Bongo. Vital reforestation work must be done in the area […]
Whole Food Plant-Based Bring & Share Fundraising Lunch
Listen to this article. Our Head Office is based in the beautiful Devon village of Tipton St John, around 4 miles inland from the popular seaside destination of Sidmouth. Our co-founders, Tracey and Simon West, are launching a regular fundraising event that will be delicious to host: the Whole Food Plant-Based Bring & Share Fundraising […]
