Covid-19 Update: 4 curves that need flattening

Our CEO Tracey working from home

This is our first post since entering an epoch of rapidly changing, exceptional circumstances that are affecting every single human being on our planet. We love sharing news about the positive impact our supporters are having on the frontline of climate change in Kenya. However, at the moment there’s little ‘new’ good news to impart, […]

CANCELLED: Ethical Shell & Bead Craft Sale + Evening Bags & Jewellery too

Sorry written on a blackboard

We have been planning a smashing event at Unit 1a, St Michael’s Business Centre in Lyme Regis, on Friday 13th March between 5-9pm. In light of the increased awareness of ‘social distancing’ which appears to be rising up through Europe right now and the fact that the World Health Organisation have just declared coronavirus to […]

Easy eBay Fundraising!

ebay for charity

If you’re a fan of eBay and a lover of the planet, we’ve got a great idea for combining the two. Either, take a look at our eBay shop and buy any of the treasures we (or other people) have listed for sale… …or, sell something on eBay and donate some, or all, of the […]

Word Forest Featured on Wiki Video

Word Forest Featured on Wiki Video poster

With climate change and other ecological disasters threatening our planet, it’s more important than ever that we understand the effects we have on our environment and rise to the occasion to do our part in protecting it. It seems Word Forest’s global reach encouraging everyone to plant more trees and to protect the ones they […]

CANCELLED: Ethical Shell & Bead Craft Sale + Evening Bags & Jewellery too

Tracey West and the fundraising bags (anonymised)

That is quite possibly the longest title on our entire website but I just couldn’t trim it down! I wanted to add: ‘Ethical Bonanza Double Whammy Bonus for Women’ but I had to draw the line somewhere! We’ve recently been gifted two huge boxes of items to raise money for Word Forest which needed a […]

Interview: Teach the Future

Teach The Future students protesting

Following our recent activities alongside the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate team, we wanted to find out more about the Teach the Future campaign so afterwards, we dropped them a line with a few questions. Put your seatbelt on for a rollercoaster of an articulate interview from Mary Skuodas, a 15 year old Teach the […]

The Power of a Birthday Facebook Fundraiser

No Planet B - Climate emergency - Melbourne - MarchforScience on Earthday

If it’s your birthday soon, please accept a virtual hug from everyone at Word Forest… that’s one BIG hug! If you’ve got enough ‘stuff’ and you’d rather your friends and family helped you do something amazing for the planet, how about dedicating it to our charity as a fundraiser? If you’re a Facebook user, it […]

Making Noise at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate

Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate march

On Friday 14th February, some of our Team made their presence felt at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate gathering and march in Bristol, which was part of a nationwide Valentine’s Day strike organised by the UK Student Climate Network. A crowd started to amass on the College Green in the city centre from around […]

Clean Up the Office, Clean Up the World

cleaning hands poem

What started as a desire to create a polite sign in our communal kitchen at work, telling people to take responsibility for their rubbish, has turned into something much wider and more poetic. As usual, when we unearth something useful for the planet, we like to share the love and spread the word! At the […]