nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
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…
Engaging with stakeholders and your community can be a very important part of woodland management, both in the planning and operational stages. Download our new guide.
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.
Leading child play expert Tim Gill recently visited a Forest School site to take part in our film about the importance of bringing young people closer to the natural world. In this short extract . . .
Sylva CEO, and author of The New Sylva, Gabriel Hemery has been interviewed for the Westonbirt Magazine. Read the article here.
Tony Kirkham, Head of the Arboretum at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, has reviewed The New Sylva for Confor’s Timber & Forestry News.
The National Forest Company (NFC) has re-opened an innovative programme to encourage effective woodland management throughout the 200 square miles of The National Forest.