SYLVA Education
promoting understanding and knowledge of forestry by the public and by all those engaged in the sector
Important Messages
Using wood is good (e.g. material substitution)...
So cutting down trees can be seen as a good thing
Woodlands often need to be managed
Burning wood is benefical ("the fuel with a future")
Reducing timber miles is important (local markets)
Trees are important for the environment and landscape
Trees face many threats in the 21st Century
We aim to engage the general public with trees and woodlands.
Our OneOak project, initiated in 2009, is our major environmental educational project.
It is hoped that our work with Early Years children will have a strong impact on achieving a greater understanding of trees and woodlands in future generations.
We work closely in partnership with the Oxfordshire Forest Schools Service. We believe Forest Schools is the ideal vehicle to increase children's exposure, familiarity, and therefore comfort with the woodland environment.
OneOak
following the life story of one oak tree
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OneOak is our main education project.
We are bringing people closer to growing trees for wood by focusing on the life of one oak tree.
Work started in September 2009 and since then we have been working with 250 primary school children - introducing them to the OneOak tree, to the outdoors and to sustainable forestry. The project was launched publicly on January 20th 2010 with the felling of the tree.
We have a website for the project, including an active blog that is updated regularly with news about the research elements, artistic projects, education activities, and wood use. Visit the OneOak website
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