It's National Tree Week 2023 - Do trees really help with the fight against climate change?
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- National Tree Week 2023 runs from 25 November to 5 December and is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration. The nationwide event encourages people across the country to plant thousands of new trees to mark the start of tree planting season. But why is it so important to plant trees?
Recently I met up with Simon and Tracey West who run the charity Word Forest, an environmental and education charity based in the UK that works to combat the devastating effects of global warming and climate change by planting fast growing trees in the tropics. They explained to me the role of trees in the fight against climate change.
Word Forest "was formed in April 2017 with the knowledge that the wellbeing of the planet and the wellbeing of the tree planting communities were intrinsically linked. The charity objects being to promote sustainable development with the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources. To also include the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities".
Find out more about Word Forest here at their website
www.wordforest...
"Trees are the ultimate carbon capture and storage machines. Like great carbon sinks, woods and forests absorb atmospheric carbon and lock it up for centuries". (The Woodland Trust)
For further info you might find the following links helpful:-
What is Climate Change:-
www.un.org/en/....
Causes and Effects of Climate Change:-
www.un.org/en/....
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How can we help?
www.un.org/en/...
Trees are an amazing organism and are under utilized in landscaping.
They are very under-utilised, I couldn't agree more. They should be central to any new community design, urban and rural.
I love trees I can see their beauty,also trees put oxygen, cleans the air.,and give us food for us and the wild life..keep the planet cooler
They are vital for that and so many other reasons - it's lovely seeing so many people talking posively about them in this thread! Thank you!
Yes, these are some great efforts to improve our air quality
They certainly do improve and clear the air we breathe all over the planet!
Very Interesting Nikki !!!!!
You Have A Good Heart ❤❤❤❤❤
She most certainly does! Nicola's desire to spread the word about different forms of environmentalism, is admirable!
That was great Nicola!🌿
Glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching!
Thanks Nicola, great reminder.
Glad you enjoyed the interview.
Thank you.
I learned to love the woods and the trees in my youth in Finland. Till today I take regular walks on the woods and I even hug a tree now and then. Trees are our future so thank you so much to this reminder Nicola! My pine is looking beautiful under the snow coat now. Have a wonderful weekend!
We love the mental and physical benefits you can easily glean from a walk in the woods - we wholeheartedly agree with you!
Thank you for this Nicola.
It was great to be a part of.
great video Nicola,, tree's are life,,here in wellingborough the building of new road through town ,meant builders ripping up our lovely old trees...we protested,, we climbed the trees like monkies to try and save them. conservation is key . good luck.
You're so right #TreesAreTheKey to so much more than mitigating our climate emergency! Thank you for your activism being a voice for the voiceless trees.
Thanks for the video 🎁🎁💝🏡
Glad you tuned in and enjoyed it!
I gree save the trees 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🙏🌏STOP THE 🔥🔥
One of the most inspiring and persuasive books I've ever read about the immense importance of trees, is Roger Deakin's 'Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees.' Highly recommended.
That's a great read, agreed!
Like the lady from Finland, I (Ian) fell in love with the bush in Central Africa during my formative years. The value of trees can never be understated as reaffirmed by the Wests. Trees give so much to humankind yet the majority of humans continue to persist with their destruction without thought for others.
The African bush is indeed a very special place. Thank you for your kind words and understanding of what motivates us to keep going and reforest Kenya!
I gotta say theirs nothing quite like camping in a forest especially using deadwood for a camp fire at night in the winter. They're an important part of the eco system and beautiful.
So true and camping in the Kenyan bush is magical too - the sounds of the creatures and the bush babies. It is enchanting and it always motivates us to do more, to work harder to preserve this vital resource.
Very interesting indeed, and I am leaving next to forests here in Franche-Comté, and I love them, I love searching for mushrooms, it brings me back when I was young, with my brothers and my father ❤ and searching for berries, nuts, you name them!
So glad you enjoyed the interview. Foraging around trees is a delightful passtime!
An alternative to spending money on funeral wreath, I chose to purchase two trees to honor my cousin and his wife. 😊
Lovely couple , im 70 and i went vegan 6 years ago . i get angry with Charlie Von Windsor who owns Grouse Moors that do the opposite , They have destroyed peat lands that held CO2 but have dryed up due to burning every year cause flooding all for their pleasure for killing small birds .
Hi Nicola
The well reported deforestation of the Amazon and others in the world, sadly far outweighs the planting projects that Tracey and Simon promote and drive.
Development, be it homes or infrastructure in the UK takes priority over trees and nature, population growth means more houses and roads, replacing trees cut down never seems to be on a one for one basis.
Retaining green spaces is a battle we face on my Parish Council, we have little power compared to Local & County Council levels, but we make our views and objections known in representing our area. Where I live we maintain a woodland walk ......maintaining and creating new green spaces is a priority, & we have a neighbourhood plan including this that is about to be approved.
100's of trees have been recently cut down for a revised section of A road near Norwich, local side roads flooded because the tree roots were now dead and nothing left to drink the rain water.
I am not convinced by any 'doing good' narrative about ULEZ. It's a cash grab, as you can happily 'pollute for £12.50 a day, and the polluted air theory has been debunked as false by independent surveys using identical testing equipment to the one tfl employed, then self edited and published what they wanted people to read.
The pollution and health risks from the air on London Underground are far far worse, yet the sorry excuse for a mayor won't admit it and does nothing about it.
I'f we all lived in a peaceful Utopian society, there will always be someone chopping down trees and destroying forests, and I bet Greta Thunberg throws a log or two on her wood burning stove after a few round the globe flights in her private jet ......it's reality sadly.
Stay Safe as Always ✨☯🧡☮🙏🕊
I love trees and love to hug.
From silver birches to mighty oaks.
The lungs of Mother Earth 💚
Love your channel Nicola 💚
Thanks for watching the interview, we're thrilled to hear you have a passion for trees!
1 kg of beef is 24 kg CO2
1 tree absorbs 25 kg of CO2 per year
Er is al eeuwen een klimaat verandering...hier in Nederland kappen ze heel veel bomen en ook bossen gaan eraan en dan moet wij betalen voor schone lucht ?? nee dus laat de bomen staan...
The vegan argument is spurious but trees are important and the regrowth of forests and woodlands can reverse warming. It has done it before. Such as in the cooling following the plague in Europe. Unfortunately people planting will be insufficient. The most important aspect is to allow the regrowth to happen and remain.
I just looked up the accounts and not a penny from the Goverment in supporting a good charity like this. In saying this about Global Warming this is another point really look up Tony Heller regarding Global Warming, I agree that trees are a vital part of mother nature and trees remove around10 and 40kg of CO2 per year on average. I remember back in the 70's it was all about global freezing seems every decade they come up with something.
Hi there Alan - thanks for diving into our Report and Accounts, we're proud of all we've managed to fundraise to reforest Kenya. Sadly, there don't seem to be any forward thinking, green hearted governments ready to do what needs to be done: the UK's is case in point. But it will continue to fuel our mission to get the job done, regardless.
Darling, we don't have "climate change man-made-global-warming". It's impossible for us to take over the climate and change it. Only God has that power. Our
planet is the most perfect in it's creation. And, yes, I love trees, I have many on my property that I started from seeds and they are thriving and 25 feet tall. I'm
growing 7 Sycamores from seeds I found. Now, those I can control and help thrive. Have a blessed day.
Love trees, people need to realize that trees are the solution! Sending you love and good health wishes ❤️
Very good Nic. This is a great reminder of how important our forests and woodlands and fruit trees are to our existance here on Earth. It can get overwhelming at times thinking about all the damage we humans have done to our ecosystems and trees are a big part of it all.
Trees are of critical importance to our planet's and our good health and wellbeing!
I'm really glad that you put. Do they help climate change with the? Because they help us breathe. That's the most important job they have and they are connected with us
They seem like such great people ❤ Thank you for doing this series. ❤
What kind words - thank you Emily and we agree, Nicola's Climate Change series is brilliant!
Thank you for what you do to mitigate global warming.
I will take these facts to my town’s Conservation Commission.
Hey Nicola,much love from North Carolina America. Love the show
Thanks for your kind comments Bobby - glad you enjoyed the interview.
Love this message, thank you for sharing ❤
Really glad you enjoyed watching the interview too.
Trees are the lungs of the earth.🌳🌲💚
They most certainly are and all the trees we're planting in the tropics are helping improve the health and wellbeing of our entire world.
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#TreesAreTheKey
Here in Australia, we have the tallest flowering trees in the world - the magnificent Eucalyptus Regnans. One specimen discovered here in the 19th century was so incredibly tall, guess what they did? Yes, they chopped it down so they could measure it properly!
Tragic, but true. In Oz, where the men are tough macho types, these blokes love chopping down our beautiful trees - I think it's a machismo thing - they feel threatened by the enormity of the majestic trees, and want to show them who's boss. Every weekend, I hear the chilling whirr of the chainsaws - and it's like a knife in my heart. The housing developers are bulldozing a lot of lovely old houses to build blocks of flats - building right up to the fence line, with no room for trees or even a little lawn. Every inch of land means money to these destructive, greedy fools. I am so enraged by this, that I am currently getting a petition up, to persuade our local council that every tree chopped down by developers must be replaced by a sapling at the front of the building - or on the adjacent nature strip. It is the only way to protect our future. We must all be defiant defenders of trees! Your interview with these fine people is TREEmendously important, Nicola!
Chainsaws are knives in our hearts too - we share your sentiment! We must stay positive however and just get more trees in the ground whenever possible.
That was very interesting. I love trees 🌳🌳🌳🌳 !!! ❤️🙂
Thanks for taking the time to watch the film and leave a comment - we're glad you enjoyed it.
Walking in the woods is healing as is the water.
Ain't that the truth!
Very cool thank you. Blessings
It was a pleasure to take part in - glad you enjoyed the content.
Very informative and positive viewing. I will be looking into this further. ❤
Hi Nicola 👋👍
#TreesAreTheKey
Fabulous cause dynamic conversation
Hi there - many thanks for your kind words. We put all of our passion into everything we do. We're urgently trying to raise awareness across the board of the fact that #TreesAreTheKey
Loved this so much .. fantastic watch .. we need to stop and think sometimes ❤
Really glad you enjoyed the interview!
Wonderful information ❤
Hey Angela - I'm really glad you enjoyed the interview!
Hola Nicola ,es muy bueno que abordes estos temas ,aquí en mi país Chile sl igual que Australia es usual que se quemen bosques enteros cerros y laderas con todo la pérdida que encierra ,vidas humanes flora y fauna 😢es importante hacer conciencia ,muy buen video Nicola siempre nos sorprendes para bien ❤❤❤.Muchas bendiciones para ustedes ❤❤❤
I can't wait till i get over to investigate where i was born...
I met a fine,fine tree in 2016,in a lonely northern place.
I miss it dearly.
I like what this couple has to say,regarding trees,the big picture,I shall explore this charity further!
Hey Charles, thank you kindly for your very kind comments and thoughts on trees in general - we are cut from the same cloth, that's for sure! It's always lovely to meet kindred spirits who are powered by an ambitious mission. We are doing all we can to reforest Kenya and we're certainly grateful for help from folks like you and the other viewers of Nicola's interview!
You may know this,but there is also a project happening in the Sahel,regarding the planting of trees,and is having very positive effects indeed the landscape,and people
Actually,I should add,it’s a continent-wide effort,Rwanda is particularly committed to reforesting,along with I think 25 other countries.
Te rest,sadly,are engaging in rampant deforestation…
I can completely understand why efforts are being made to reforest Rwanda too@@charlesperez9976 it's that brilliant proximity to the equator that makes trees grow so super-fast. One of our largest projects is just 3 degrees south of the equator and trees there are just amazing.
Trees are very important to me,I care for Bonsai,I have one that is now over 50 years old!
I want some of my ashes placed at the nebari(sorry,bonsai term for the poetic beauty of roots meeting the ground) of the Sycamore gap tree.
I still wish that,but now it’s a stump.
There is still hope for that tree,it may send up shoots,it suffers the gaping wound that is the stump,so it is fighting serious odds for its survival.
Trees are such an easy thing to take for granted.
For every breath we take,they breathe back.
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