Scotland's native forest remains in only a few fragments, but Trees For Life is working to restore it, and almost all of the work is done by volunteers. Philip Mason joined their newly expanded long-term volunteer programme for two months last autumn.
… it, and almost all of the work is done by volunteers. Philip Mason joined their newly expanded long-term volunteer programme for two months last … other sites around the Highlands, my fellow volunteers and I are rolling up our sleeves as …
A Sussex-based forest gardening project has overcome adversity to celebrate its 20th anniversary, writes Jan Goodey. And now it features one of the most eco of eco-builds in Britain, using all local timber, clay, straw ... and wine bottles.
… meeting space and communal area for staff and volunteers - a mix of local residents, the … attention after the fire and loads of new volunteers" , Russell adds. So he harnessed … apprentice Russ Kingston and other regular volunteers since 2012. Some weeks could see as …
England's largest new native forest rises from the wastelands.
… trees there has been planted by some 45,000 volunteers, including more than 17,000 school … religious groups, the public and our very own volunteers." They have also planted new … site. These regular surveys are conducted by volunteers from the Hertfordshire Natural …
As Lancashire planners come out in support of the UK's first fracking well, Jojo Mehta has something to celebrate: the resounding success of the 'What does FRACKING mean?' leaflets she crowd funded for in April. So far 80,000 have gone out to campaigners and volunteers all over the UK, and requests for more are piling up.
… far 80,000 have gone out to campaigners and volunteers all over the UK, and requests for … requested for distribution by campaigning and volunteering groups all round the country. … letting the frackers have it Campaigners and volunteer distributors have found all sort of …
Next month is the time for green activists to get together in the glorious Peak District, coordinate future actions on everything from fracking to road-building and climate change ... and of course, share the love, writes Indra donFrancesco, Yes, it's the Earth First! summer gathering, and there's never been stronger reasons to go.
… who, at the end of each Summer Gathering, volunteer to help put on the next gathering … run by experienced field caterers with crew volunteer choppers and washer-uppers. All food …
When fracking came to Balcombe in West Sussex in 2013, it divided village opinion, writes Joe Nixon. But the community is now united in its commitment to locally owned renewable energy, with solar projects on schools and farm buildings, and plans just in for a new 5MW solar farm.
… doing a great job, well organised with many volunteers, but there was still something … stay. Those of us who did became the core ten volunteers at the heart of the …
As Paris prepares for COP21 in Paris, Marc Brightman finds that the city is in the grip of a benign but ignorant authoritarianism that is ready to trample on much-loved green spaces like the Bois Dormoy, reclaimed from dereliction by the multicultural local community, which represent real solutions to the global problems of food, climate, the future of our cities, and our place in nature.
… for help. Members of the association, and volunteers from humanitarian organisations, … place is filled with life, and if one of the volunteers who look after it opens the gate …
Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling despite protection of their wintering forests in Mexico, and voluntary schemes to restore their food plant, milkweed, in US field margins, writes Eva Sirinathsinghji. These measures alone are insufficient: no less than an end to the mass spraying of glyphosate on crops, predicated by 'Roundup-ready' GM corn and soy, will do.
… and migrate across the continent . Using volunteers to collect data as was done in … areas where herbicides are highly used, with volunteers instead favouring areas where …
A Lancashire grandmother is to appear in a Preston court tomorrow to defend a £55,000 claim pressed by fracking company Cuadrilla and its CEO Francis Egan for the costs of an eviction that never even took place, writes Oliver Tickell. Now a campaign calling on Cuadrilla to drop its unjust and oppressive legal action is gaining momentum - and its Egan who's on the defensive.
… in court on the 28th." Tina Rothery then volunteered to be the 'named defendant' in the … brought and a named defendant was needed, she volunteered to prevent one of her fellow …
The US Forest Service is developing a new armory of aggressive and often illegal tactics to push through loss-making timber sales, as it brands forest defenders as 'eco-terrorists'. Time to dig in for the trees - and the wolves.
… for the entire area, and logging 600 hours of volunteer hours doing so, Bark isolated …
This day 20 years ago one of Britain's most committed and effective environmental campaigners died trying to save a coastal forest in southern Madagascar from mining, writes Yvonne Orengo. The world has been a poorer place without Andrew Lees - and his fears for the Petriky forest and local indigenous communities have been proved all too close to the mark.
… quickly entered the environment movement as a volunteer for FoE in Norfolk, his home. One of …
An ecological project has taken root on an abandoned olive grove outside Ramallah. As well as restoring the land itself, its deeper aim is to nurture the ancient links between the Palestinian people and nature, and rebuild a culture of steadfastness in the soil of their native country.
… Through workshops, lectures, parties, hikes, volunteer days, day camps, and more, we invite … buy Israeli produce. Every Saturday, Juthour volunteers lead guided tours of Thaher al …
Australia's rainforest state, Queensland, is destroying well over 100,000 hectares of native vegetation a year, and rising, write Martine Maron, Bill Laurance & colleagues, including 'at risk' habitats and Koala bear forests. This is more than reversing the entire nation's eco-restoration programs and pushing endangered species ever closer to extinction.
… from land clearing. Tens of thousands of volunteers dedicate their time, money and land …
A government-led shrimp farming project meant to tackle extreme poverty in northern Sabah, Malaysian, won local support in 2010 by promising job opportunities for impoverished indigenous communities. Six years on, mangrove forests local people depend on for food, materials and income are closed off and being cleared - but the jobs have yet to materialise.
… finding out about the project, Olon started volunteering with the G6 movement, the local …
Hundreds of campaigners are gathering at Didcot Power station in Oxfordshire to demand a green energy future - and an end to the Government's relentless push for fossil fuels and nuclear power, writes Diêgo Lôbo. Preparations are under way for a series of actions due to take place tomorrow, Monday 1st June.
… system! Diêgo Lôbo is a communications volunteer at Global Justice Now. Having worked …
Matt Mellen joined a growing number of Westerners seeking therapy with Ayahuasca, the Amazonian 'miracle medicine' for mind, body and soul. He emerged transformed, a happier version of ... himself.
… experts, skilled staff and squadrons of volunteers who work with him to manifest this …
A project to reintroduce red squirrels to isolated areas of regenerating forest in the Scottish Highlands gets under way this month. This will increase both the numbers and the range of red squirrels in the UK, and help to regenerate their native Caledonian forest habitat.
… Trust for Endangered Species. It involves volunteer opportunities, landowner …
With the deadline due this year for the full implementation of Wilmar's 'No peat, no deforestation, no exploitation' promise, the oil palm giant is keen to push its green image in Europe. But for communities suffering its land grabs in Nigeria, nothing has changed. While Wilmar spins green rhetoric, its bulldozers are still destroying vast swathes of forest and farmland.
… of the Earth Nigeria recently set up a volunteer-run community forest watch …
The US's 'dash to frack' for oil or gas, which has transformed the country's energy market, is seriously depleting and contaminating aquifers and surface water supplies, writes Valerie Brown. The choice facing America is plain - energy, or water?
… water as a result of the contamination, volunteers from around the state are holding …
2017 began with bang for Friends of the Earth, writes Tony Juniper, with a hostile media blitz orchestrated by the fracking industry and abetted by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). But the storm, over alleged errors in an FoE leaflet about the hazards of fracking, reveals nothing so clearly as the disgraceful conflict of interest at the top of the ASA itself.
… claims were wrong, says Craig. Instead it volunteered to avoid them in future to put a …