ABC Fundraiser for Digital Data Will Save Lives
Listen to this article: Over the past 18 months, our Permaculture Teaching Centre in Garashi has made a significant positive impact on tree planting communities across rural Kenya. Its very existence has proved to be an absolute blessing, strengthening our ability to reforest the country and mitigate our global climate crisis. However, having a great […]
Support For Women In Conservation
Listen to this article: This is a lovely article by Cyprian Ogoti, environmental journalist and passionate conservationist in Kenya, about why inclusivity is important and the difference supporting women as well as men can make. Support for women in conservation often arises from a recognition of historical gender imbalances and a desire to promote diversity […]
46C Summer Days and Supercell Storms are Britain’s Future and Now is Our Last Chance to Prepare
Listen to this article: Are you sitting comfortably? That’s good, because if you continue reading this article, this snapshot of a potential and greatly disturbing future is poised to give you an uncomfortable ride. Our Special Scientific Advisor, Professor Bill McGuire recently penned an article for The Guardian. As shocking to the core as it […]
Sidmouth Celebration Of The Spoken Word Helps Combat The Climate Crisis
Listen to this article: Our co-founders, Tracey and Simon West, are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new fundraiser for us called Wordplay. It’s a monthly poetry and spoken word event which will be held in the Leigh Brown Room at the Unitarian Hall in Sidmouth. It’s set to be a fabulous celebration […]
Celebrating the International Day of Forests on Rusinga Island
Listen to this article: Our decision to ensure the UN’s International Day of Forests would always fall within Word Forest’s Trees Are The Key Awareness Week, was a deliberate one. This amazing celebratory day for biodiversity always occurs on the 21st of March and this year, it fell on a Thursday. On Rusinga Island in […]
Trees Are the Key Awareness Week 2024: it’s a wrap
Listen to this article: Time flies by when you’re having fun and over the past week, we had lots of that and the week has whizzed past. Our mission was to help you forge a deeper connection with trees and the natural spaces that surround you. We really hope you enjoyed the features and articles […]
Environmental Quiz 2024
Ideally, seek out the company of a lovely tree and see if you can complete our challenging quiz about our planet and other environmental topics during your lunch break. Submit your entry and a winner will be chosen at random on Sunday 24th March 2024. They will recieve a Certificate of Planting of 10 trees […]
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 […]