Why Teaching Climate Change in Schools is Critical
We’ve featured the amazing folks that run Teach the Future in our news feed before and we’re delighted to do it again. In case you haven’t heard of them, Teach the Future are an inclusive, well organised, persistent campaign organisation run by incredibly dedicated secondary and tertiary education students. Their aim is to greatly improve […]
The Decline of Biodiversity
What is biodiversity and why is it important? Biodiversity is the variety of all life on Earth, from trees to humans, insects to bacteria. Each lifeform, no matter how small, plays its own role within an ecosystem, interacting both with its environment and the other creatures with which it shares its home. Biodiversity is richest […]
Celebrate International Day of Forests with us
Today is a happy triumvirate; the 21st March is International Day of Forests, the anniversary of the Mothers of the Forest and our CEO Tracey West’s birthday. Serendipitous coincidence indeed! Or is it…? In any case, we couldn’t have a better day on which to end our first Trees Are The Key Awareness Week! The […]
Win 10 Trees Planted in Your Name With a Photo
As you probably already know, as part of our inaugural Trees Are The Key Awareness Week, we’ve been asking you to send in your photos of trees so we can celebrate the beautiful giants that clean our air and provide the oxygen we breathe. Seeing the images coming into our gallery has brought us so […]
Tom Watson Talks to our Patron, Clare Nasir
In this second short interview (12 minutes) for Trees Are The Key Week, our Patron Clare Nasir, well known to many as a meteorologist and presenter, talks to Tom Watson about the extraordinary journey of transformation he has taken over the last five years. He reflects on the full on, unrelenting pressure of front-line politics […]
Forests – The Heart and Lungs of the Planet
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of forests to our planet. Not only do they host seventy percent of all the world’s plant and animal species, they also play an unrivalled part in our own lives, livelihoods and well-being. In addition to providing us with food and medicines, the raw material for building and […]
Tony Juniper Talks to Our Patron, Clare Nasir
Our Patron, Clare Nasir is a familiar face on television as a meteorologist, presenter and climate scientist. In this short video (11 minutes) she talks to Tony Juniper, Chairman of Natural England, about the link between access to natural green spaces and good human health. From the Chopwell Wood scheme in 2004 and the growing […]
The Health Benefits of Trees
Between 15th-21st March, we’re celebrating all things trees with Trees Are The Key Awareness Week. As part of this leafy celebration, we want to highlight the amazing (and sometimes surprising!) benefits that being among the trees can have – not just on our mental health, but on our physical health too. The last year has […]
Fun Things to do Around Trees
If you’re able to join in and visit your nearest woodland, park or forest during our Trees Are The Key Awareness Week, here are some fun things that you and your support bubble can do during the restrictions. Cloud busting On your way to the woods, what types of clouds can you see? Take a […]