Follow the Sylva trail at Westonbirt this Summer
The Sylva Trail – celebrating the 350th anniversary of John Evelyn’s Sylva and Britain’s wood culture – continues to draw visitors at the Forestry Commission’s National Arboretum at Westonbirt.
The Sylva Trail – celebrating the 350th anniversary of John Evelyn’s Sylva and Britain’s wood culture – continues to draw visitors at the Forestry Commission’s National Arboretum at Westonbirt.
1300 questions, 79 countries, one third from women, 20% under 30 years . . . have you submitted your questions yet?
Sylva CEO Gabriel Hemery is interviewed about the global crowdsourcing project T20Q for the Global Landscapes Forum.
Crowdfunding works by thanking people who donate with a ‘perk’. Can you offer a perk that would encourage others to donate? We also need help in promoting the campaign. Finally of course, we are grateful for every donation towards this important campaign.
Two charities promoting environmental education have formed a partnership to tackle ‘nature-deficit disorder’ in Britain’s children. Young people today often are disconnected from the natural world – a condition coined by American author Richard Louv[1] as ‘nature-deficit disorder’ – leading to multiple issues affecting physical and mental wellbeing, fear of the outdoors, and fundamentally…
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Sylva is asking for help in adding ash trees to an important nationwide survey. We want volunteers to ‘tag’ trees and complete a simple survey online. We still have a few tags available to give away free, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sylva CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery joined artists Paul Gough and Gail Ritchie to discuss the meaning of trees and wood in war and peacetime for BBC Radio 3′s Free Thinking. Listen Again.
Watercolour artist Rebecca Hind, who collaborated with Sylva in the OneOak project, is once again running a Summer school. It is based close to our offices in south Oxfordshire, and Rebecca kindly donates a proportion of income raised to our charitable work. To find out more please visit www.RebeccaHind.com
T20Q has been running less than a month and we are delighted that so many people have submitted such interesting questions. We have reached almost 1000 questions in three languages, but we are aiming much higher! Your voice deserves to be heard! So please submit your questions through the website.