Run, Forest, Run! Turn Your Passion for Running into Trees

Woman running on a road by Daniel Reche from Pexels

We need runners the world over to help us mitigate our existential crisis and climate chaos! Run, Forest, Run! Over the past 15 months, we’ve steered the charity through the most challenging period in fundraising history. Today, we’re putting out an urgent call to runners everywhere like the amazing Wendy Robertshaw: could you also run […]

De-Othering The Scientists

A hand holding a flask containing pink liquid. Image by Ahmet Turan İNCE from Pixabay

What picture springs to mind when you hear the word ‘scientist’? A white-coated boffin in a lab somewhere, juggling test tubes and conical flasks? A super serious academic buried beneath a heap of dusty papers? A razor sharp prof wielding impossible equations with skill akin to the swordsmanship of King Arthur’s knights? An intrepid adventurer […]

The First-Ever Environment-Focused Charity Rugby Match, Coming Soon!

Listen to this article We are utterly delighted to be able to share news of an exciting event organised by one of our corporate partners, the Green Gazelles Rugby Club, who have an innovative approach and a planet friendly ethos. If you thought environmentalism, veganism and rugby were poles apart, read on and be amazed. […]

An Important Message From Teach The Future

Protesting students holding a Teach The Future banner. Image by Mark Edwards

First, a short note from our CEO, Tracey West. “We’ve highlighted the great work of Teach the Future before and I don’t doubt we’ll be doing it again. It’s a pretty poor show that students are having to form amazing organisations like this, to ask for the education they urgently need! If you’re not aware […]

The Careers Service and The Word Forest Organisation

Two students together wearing masks in online meetings by Maxime on Unsplash

We are thrilled to present a guest post by Corina Lacurezeanu from the Careers Service at Oxford University about how the pandemic has altered the way they provide their services and led to new and fruitful collaborations. ‘In March 2020, the Careers Service at Oxford University closed its office temporarily and overnight moved all its […]

Add Your Voice to Joannah Stutchbury Petition – Protecting Kiambu Forest

From her Facebook page: Joannah Stutchbury fighting to protect Kiambu Forest

You may have seen on our website last week the news of the horrific murder of Kenyan environmentalist Joannah Stutchbury, who appears to have been targeted for that very reason – being an environmentalist. Needless to say, it has shocked us all to the core (read our recent article: Another Murdered Environmentalist, here). Joannah was […]

Training For The Mothers Of The Forest

Mothers of the Forest making mats

It is with great delight that we bring you news of a recent training course run for our women’s empowerment group, the Mothers Of The Forest. Women are the backbone of the tree planting community in Kenya. Pre pandemic, the Mothers Of The Forest met twice a month to have a meal, receive and share […]

The Difference Community Groups Can Make: A Spotlight On Dorset Climate Action Network

Colmers Hill by Colin Tracy

A community group: a group of people who work for the benefit of the public, particularly in their local area. Community groups, fortunately, are numerous, and diverse in their raisons d’etre. Sports clubs, health support groups, community orchards and fridges, sustainability organisations, First Responders… once you start thinking about them, the list is endless. Thank […]