Our Virtual Visit To COP 28
Listen to this article. Over the past few years, Word Forest has been an avid participant in the University of Oxford’s Internship Programme. During this winter holiday period, we were thrilled to receive assistance from another cohort of amazing interns, one of whom has worked with us before. It’s great to know we’re doing a […]
Like Trying To Speak – The Journey Of A Poem Taking Musical Form
Listen to this article. In 2021, Arkbound published Tangled Yet Coiled, a poetry collection by the talented Tom Burgess who, most kindly, has donated his profits to Word Forest. Now we are excited to share news of a new project – musician and composer Joe Will, a friend of Tom’s, has set one of his […]
What’s A Mudlark?
Listen to this article. Our co-founders, Tracey and Simon West, were recently interviewed by Nicola White, an artist and renowned mudlark. The interview is now live on her YouTube channel, Nicola White Mudlark – Tideline Art. Nicola is a licensed Thames Mudlark. Dive into her Youtube channel and you’ll discover the magic of mudlarking along […]
R & A: Our Educational Learning Platform By Lindsey Selleck: E-learning Content Creator
Listen to this article. It’s time to wrap up our serialisation of articles from this year’s Report and Accounts. Lindsey is our Educational Learning Platform (ELP) content creator and she talks us through the current courses available on the platform, all free of charge. Lindsey has great hopes for the direction the ELP will take […]
Understanding COP28
Listen to this article. With the end of COP28 drawing ever closer, this seems like a perfect time to review the positive (and negative) outcomes of the global meeting thus far. With big parties such as the US, UK and China being present, the anticipation for groundbreaking policies to be installed seems to be at […]
Water Is Coming To The Permaculture Training Centre
Listen to this article. Water scarcity or lack of water at all, threatens health and development of communities. Such communities are constrained even economically as what little income they have must be used to secure water. Kahondzi is a woman who was eight months pregnant and gave birth on her way while searching for water. […]
R & A: Socially Speaking By Jed Robertson: Digital Media Specialist
Listen to this article. In this penultimate episode in our series of articles from our Report and Accounts, we hear from Jed, our digital and social media expert. He talks about the growing requirement for charities to stay up to speed with the ever changing technologies and platforms for social media. Jed also discusses how […]
The Importance Of White Roofs
Listen to this article. About 20 years back, anyone in my community who could afford an iron sheet roof was considered to be financially well off. Everyone aspired to have a roof of iron sheets. These were the times when the weather conditions were not as harsh as they have been the past few years. […]
R & A: Improving our Lives and our Planet by Organic Change By Solomon Owiti: Rusinga Island Permaculture Lead
Listen to this article. Following on perfectly from Joy’s article last week, Solomon, also from Rusinga Island, dives deeper into the positive impacts being felt by the Mothers of the Forest alliance on Rusinga Island. Solomon notes how climate change, and the resulting food and water insecurity, continue to cause problems for the Islanders. This […]