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.
Our Latest (ethical) Report and Accounts: available now
We are delighted to advise you that our Report and Accounts 2019-20 is available now. Click here to read the full colour version (8 MB) and click here if you’d prefer to look through a stripped-down, text only version (155 KB). We’ve had a set of copies printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper from […]
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.
Welcoming Special Scientific Advisor:
Professor Bill McGuire
We enter February with another flurry of excitement as we welcome Professor Bill McGuire to join The Word Forest Organisation as our Special Scientific Advisor. Bill is a passionate environmentalist and an eminent volcanologist, he’s an expert on the relationship between geohazards in climate change, as well as a blogger, broadcaster, activist and writer of […]