Nature Inspired Playlists
What Would a World Without Trees Look Like?
It is often said that you never know what you’ve got until it has gone. We hope this startling piece helps you deepen your connection with trees everywhere, strengthening your love of parklands, green spaces and forests. We need trees in abundance, especially mature stock and we need them everywhere. This shocking thought exercise explores […]
Great Things That Happen to Us When We’re Near Trees
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Quadrant2Design: Champion Charity Partners
Listen to this article: Diligent fundraisers work their charitable socks off to use every penny of their income to fulfil their charitable objects – and quite right too. When they are able to acquire something the charity needs for zero cost, it is a cause for celebration. Word Forest flew the flags recently, sending gratitude […]
China’s Reforestation Journey
Listen to this article. The China Agreement in the CoP15 Biodiversity Convention held in China was to bolster cooperation on conservation and sustainable management of forests, combating illegal logging and associated trading. This was China’s first move in making a decision to support the global effort to reduce deforestation. At CoP26, in Glasgow, China and […]
Our Bring & Share Vegan Lunch Initiative Combats The Climate Crisis
Listen to this article: Word Forest is thrilled to launch a new food-based fundraising initiative enabling our amazing supporters to mitigate the climate emergency in a convivial way. Our charity co-founders, Tracey and Simon West, trialled the concept of a Word Forest Bring & Share Vegan Lunch at two local venues in recent months. They […]
Could Community Solutions Fix The Energy Crisis
Listen to this article: This article was first published in The Oxford Blue magazine. Energy used to be something that was always there. A flick of a switch. A push of a button. But reality hits when a commodity slips out of your grasp, and you no longer have access. The frightful realisation that you […]
Kitchen Gardens On Rusinga Island
Listen to this article: A kitchen garden can be a transformative asset for a subsistence farmer in Kenya, especially for a woman. Beyond providing a convenient source of fresh produce, it empowers her with autonomy over her family’s nutrition. The diversified crops enhance dietary variety, addressing nutritional deficiencies. Reduced reliance on external markets fosters self-sufficiency, […]
Like Trying To Speak – The Journey Of A Poem Taking Musical Form
Listen to this article. In 2021, Arkbound published Tangled Yet Coiled, a poetry collection by the talented Tom Burgess who, most kindly, has donated his profits to Word Forest. Now we are excited to share news of a new project – musician and composer Joe Will, a friend of Tom’s, has set one of his […]