Celebrating The 70th Anniversary Of Our Corporate Sponsor, Childrensalon
A few months ago, Word Forest CEO Tracey West and I were delighted to receive an invitation from Childrensalon to organise a craft table for children at an event celebrating their 70 year anniversary. Childrensalon is a company with family at its heart, selling beautiful children’s’ clothing. Its founder, Sybil Harriman, was a talented seamstress […]
Improving Forest Cover In Kenya; Thoughts On Good Practice
We are pleased to share this interesting article from Lawrence Ogango, our colleague in Kenya – it reinforces exactly why we work the way we do, supporting and empowering communities to plant and nurture the trees that they know grow well in their areas. Recently, Kenya attained a 10% forest cover, half of the target […]
Better Than This
There’s something amazing going on in the gallery at East Quay, Watchet. It’s called Better Than This and it’s the first exhibition on their theme of ‘climate and change’. It features new works by three talented artists, each of whom has worked closely with scientists and activists to explore the possibilities for hope, love and positive […]
Sir Patrick Vallance Briefs MPs On Climate Change
Daisy Noott, one of our lovely volunteers, was kind enough to bring this to our attention; the briefing on climate change given by Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser. She comments: ‘As part of my work outside of Word Forest, I am involved in a project on the link between Climate Change and […]
Be Terrified, Get Active, Plant Trees
Bill McGuire is Word Forest’s Special Scientific Advisor and Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at UCL. He was a contributor to the 2012 IPCC SREX report on climate change and extreme events. There is much that needs to happen if we are to successfully tackle the climate emergency, from making energy supplies carbon-free […]
Cradle to Cradle: A Manufacturing Vision
Change is constant and as the world develops in technological advancement, it is important to embrace that change with nature too. While it’s not feasible (unless we disassociate with civilisation completely) to avoid every damaging company or unsettling process that creates the commodities in our daily lives, we can learn, replace and think more responsibly […]
Vote For Word Forest In A Charity Poll And Help Us Win A Donation From Discount Promo Codes
At Word Forest, we are dedicated to having a positive impact on the world by planting trees across Kenya to combat global warming. We’d be thrilled if you could take a moment to vote for Word Forest in a charity poll. We’ve been selected to take part in the monthly charity poll by Discount Promo […]
Grow, Tree, Grow – A New Book For Children
It will be no surprise to anyone that the team here at Word Forest love trees. And books. After all, the charity grew not just from a wedding forest but from a literary competition – so we were delighted to be allowed a sneak preview of a new book for children that’s coming out on […]
Tumaini Zhongwani Primary School Has A New Classroom
Education, healthcare, sanitation, food, shelter and many more are exigencies that are indispensable to all humans. Amongst all, education is high on almost everybody’s list of priorities. Despite such a fact, illiteracy has always been the core reason for poorly developed education standards in the inlands of Kenya. At Tumaini Zhongwani Primary, a small school […]