46C Summer Days and Supercell Storms are Britain’s Future and Now is Our Last Chance to Prepare
Listen to this article: Are you sitting comfortably? That’s good, because if you continue reading this article, this snapshot of a potential and greatly disturbing future is poised to give you an uncomfortable ride. Our Special Scientific Advisor, Professor Bill McGuire recently penned an article for The Guardian. As shocking to the core as it […]
Celebrating the International Day of Forests on Rusinga Island
Listen to this article: Our decision to ensure the UN’s International Day of Forests would always fall within Word Forest’s Trees Are The Key Awareness Week, was a deliberate one. This amazing celebratory day for biodiversity always occurs on the 21st of March and this year, it fell on a Thursday. On Rusinga Island in […]
Trees Are the Key Awareness Week 2024: it’s a wrap
Listen to this article: Time flies by when you’re having fun and over the past week, we had lots of that and the week has whizzed past. Our mission was to help you forge a deeper connection with trees and the natural spaces that surround you. We really hope you enjoyed the features and articles […]
Our Life-Changing Piped Water Project
The success of our planting projects relies heavily on having a good availability to clean, fresh water. It is needed to ensure the tree planting communities are well enough hydrated before they even pick up a tool to dig a hole. Additionally, every single sapling we plant needs H2O to ensure they nestle nicely to […]
Word Forest Bring & Share Vegan Lunches
Listen to this article: In December 2023, our co-founders, Tracey and Simon West started hosting a monthly fundraiser: the Word Forest Bring & Share Vegan Lunch. It was such fun and so successful, it swiftly moved to being a regular event on our calendar. Click here to find out more about the lunches and to […]
Celebrity Inspired Vegan Recipes
We hope you’re licking your lips and are ready to dive into our Vegan Celebrity Inspired Recipes! If you want to enjoy food that has the lightest CO2 and water footprint, your best bet is to embrace more locally grown, seasonal, ideally organic plant based foods. The whole subject of vegan food is moving at such […]
Creativity Works For The Mothers Of The Forest
Listen to this article: Creativity is a vital skill that is important in all aspects of life. Through creativity, one is able to think outside the box, communicate better, stand out, adapt to change, build relationships and connections and improve physical and mental health, not forgetting that it also increases happiness and wellbeing. The sad […]
Watch and be Inspired by #TreesAreTheKey
Listen to this article: ‘Optimistic, educational and community-driven’ best describes #TreesAreTheKey, the incredible eco-film created by Word Forest back in 2019. Filmed by Tim Short and narrated by Kate Winslet, it was released in October of that year by Tracey and Simon West, founders of Word Forest, and brings to our screens the community of […]
Environmental Quiz 2024
Ideally, seek out the company of a lovely tree and see if you can complete our challenging quiz about our planet and other environmental topics during your lunch break. Submit your entry and a winner will be chosen at random on Sunday 24th March 2024. They will recieve a Certificate of Planting of 10 trees […]
