To Be Or Not To Be?
I hope old Shakespeare won’t mind me borrowing Hamlet’s most famous quote for my own contemplative monologue. It’s also something that I would love you to ponder upon too. What does it mean to be (or not to be) an environmentalist and am I one? That is the question, or rather, with apologies for my […]
Video: Great British Trees – The Yew
Our virtual woodland of British native trees draws to a close with the Yew tree. These videos have been lovingly created and curated by one of our wonderful volunteers, Anna Parkinson.
The Case For Rewilding The Climate
Professor Bill McGuire, Special Scientific Advisor to The Word Forest Organisation, has kindly given us permission to reproduce this article. From micro-plastics in the snows of Everest and Antarctica, to carrier bags at the bottom of the 11km-deep Marianas Trench, and the billions of particulates infesting the brains of our children, nowhere and no-one on […]
Video: Great British Trees – The Willow
Our virtual woodland of British native trees continues with the Willow tree. These videos have been lovingly created and curated by one of our wonderful volunteers, Anna Parkinson.
Sharing The Love
Valentine’s Day is on it’s way and, if you know us here at The Word Forest Organisation at all, you’ll know that, while we shy well away from overblown consumerism, we’re all about sharing the love, for each other and for the planet , not just on the 14th February but every day of the […]
We’re In The New Scientist!
The New Scientist needs little introduction. First published in 1956, it’s a well known and popular magazine covering all aspects of science, technology and beyond. It is also proactive in its support for charitable organisations; the Signal Boost project, started in May 2020 as a response to the difficulties arising from the Covid-19 restrictions, allows […]
Book Review: We are the Weather
by Jonathan Safran Foer
We are the Weather, the latest book from award-winning author of Eating Animals and Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer, is a thought-provoking exploration of climate change and why we make the decisions we do. While I’m a little late to the game in reading it (the book was published in 2019), I’m glad I […]
Video: Great British Trees – The Walnut
Our virtual woodland of British native trees continues with the Walnut tree. These videos have been lovingly created and curated by one of our wonderful volunteers, Anna Parkinson.
The Value Of Trees: Nutrient Cycling
The nutrient cycle describes the process by which energy and matter are transferred between living organisms and non-living features of the environment. Nutrients are taken up by plants, consumed by animals and released back into the environment following their death as decomposition by microbiota in the soil occurs [1]. Throughout this cycle, matter is converted […]