What’s It All About?

Woman walking under an ancient tree by Kevin Young on Unsplash

Good morning and welcome to our little taster day before the official kick off of our Trees Are The Key Awareness Week. I’ve quite literally just sat down with a cup of tea after pressing the publish button of a piece from our CEO and co-founder, Tracey West: Introducing Trees Are The Key Awareness Week […]

Introducing Trees Are The Key Awareness Week

Woman walking under an ancient tree by Kevin Young on Unsplash

As we turned the corner into the New Year, I for one was delighted to dust myself down from the preceding 12 months, which had been absolutely gruelling.  Pardon the pun but I knew we weren’t out of the woods back in January and nobody really seemed to know with any clarity when life would […]

Mother’s Day

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This Sunday, 14th March, we’d like to wish all mums out there a truly happy Mother’s Day. We hope that you feel loved and appreciated. Trees are usually our thing but we offer you this bunch of virtual daffodils to bring a little sunshine to your day. You don’t even need a vase! P.S. By […]

Interview with our CEO

Rising Earth News

We’re delighted to share this great short video from Rising Earth News. Interviewed by Lauren Beavis, one of the founders of Rising Earth, Tracey West, CEO of The Word Forest Organisation, gets to take a trip down memory lane and chat about the birth and growth of the charity, the projects that have been undertaken […]

Phaldut Sharma Joins Celebri-Tee Designers

We at The Word Forest Organisation are delighted that actor and writer Phaldut Sharma has joined a host of celebrities that have given the charity wonderful designs for their range of ethical t-shirts. A tree will be planted for every tee sold. Phaldut is well known for his role as AJ, the cheeky trouble magnet […]

Book Review: How Bad are Bananas? By Mike Berners-Lee

Bananas

So, how bad are bananas? As it turns out, a little bit worse than walking through an electric door, and a bit better than a newspaper, if that clears it up. First published in 2010, and updated in 2020 to reflect new data and the increased severity of the climate crisis, How Bad are Bananas? […]

Professor Bill McGuire On The Hazards Of Geoengineering (And So Much More)

Contrails in the sky

We’re pleased and very grateful to ScientistsWarning for giving us permission to share this wide-ranging interview on our website. It gives a perspective that is not always accessible or available – two scientists in candid conversation. Dr Alison Green and Professor Bill McGuire, both formidable experts in their fields, discuss, amongst other things, the difficulties […]