British
Trees
The Woodland Trust has
close links with the British Trees website. It lists all 33
native British Tree species and for each one provides a description,
details of preferred habitat, natural distribution and uses. A
valuable resource for anyone interested in the natural environment.
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British Trees website
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Environmental
issues
The
Woodland Trust produces a number of policy documents giving
background information to, and explaining our views about, topical
environmental issues including climate change, genetically modified
organisms and renewable energy.
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Environmental issues
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Exploring Woodland Guides
In partnership with HarperCollins, the Woodland Trust is producing a
series of Exploring Woodland guides featuring a selection of the best
woodlands in the UK. The following guides are currently available:
Peak District & Central England, East Anglia & North Thames, Southeast England, Northwest England and Yorkshire & the
Northeast. Copies can be
purchased online. A useful resource if you are planning a woodland
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Exploring Woodland Guides
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ePolitix
The Woodland Trust maintains a presence on the ePolitix micro
site, where its views on environmental issues can be compared with
those of other organisations such as English Heritage and the National
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ePolitix website
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Family membership
Did you know that family membership of The Woodland Trust is now
available? As well as the normal benefits of adult membership, your
children become members of Special Branch. They get lots of resources,
a Special Branch membership card and badge, a sheet of stickers, a
woodland poster, build your own owl mask kit and Bark! our quarterly
magazine for younger supporters.
Click on these selected (PDF)
articles from a recent edition:
Find out about joining Special Branch through
Family membership
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To find
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Forest
Education Initiative
The Forest Education Initiative is a joint venture between eight
conservation and forestry organisations, including the Woodland Trust.
The FEI website includes an excellent set of free, downloadable
learning resources aimed at the 5 to 11 age range, covering subjects
across the formal curriculum.
This is not a Woodland Trust website. For our
disclaimer click here |
FEI
website
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Free trees for schools
School grounds in need of TLC can benefit from a free pack of 30
native trees (enough for a small grove or short length of hedge)
which come with guidance on planting and maintenance plus
curriculum-linked activities.
Youth groups can also obtain this
pack and should follow
this link. |
School hedge and copse pack
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Native Tree Shop
In
partnership with Alba Trees, the Woodland Trust offers you the
chance to buy British native trees and shrubs online. A great
opportunity to enhance the wildlife value of your garden, whatever
its size.
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Native Tree Shop
website
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Nature
Detectives website
An exciting way for 4-18s and those who lead and teach them to learn
more about the natural world. Visit the website for fun and
curriculum-linked indoor and outdoor activities and the chance to
help scientists with their research on climate change by looking out
for common species of animal and plant.
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Nature Detectives website
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Nature
Detectives: Environmental Science for Primary Children (120 pages)
A collection of new activities for primary school children has been
devised and published in partnership with the Association for Science
Education. The book contains a range of ideas for teachers wishing to
conduct environmentally based outdoor or indoor activities. Sample
exercises are accessible online. A secondary book will follow in
late 2005. |
Nature Detectives book
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Online
interactive garden
Explore the online interactive garden and have a virtual tour through
the national phenology database, which includes records gathered over
three centuries. Find out the truth behind the oak/ash country rhyme,
and what butterflies, birds and frogs are telling us about climate
change. This feature was made possible by a grant from Copus. |
Interactive garden
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Tree for All
Our five year campaign with an
ambitious target to involve one million children helping to plant 12
million trees. There are lots of opportunities to plant real trees
as well as planting an etree online.
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Tree for All
website
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Trafalgar Woods
Part of our five year Tree for All campaign, this website explains
how the Woodland Trust is commemorating the bicentenary of the
Battle of Trafalgar. It explores the relationship between trees,
ships and people and includes a chance to search a database of all
the crew who were at the battle.
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Trafalgar Woods website
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Visit a wood – Is there a Woodland Trust wood near you?
The best way to get involved is to visit a wood. Click here to
discover our woods via a
directory
and
online
maps. A number of woods have special waymarked trails designed
to make the visit even more rewarding. You can also discover
what’s happening
in woods close to you. In the winter months we have
tree planting
activities around the country. We warmly encourage everyone to
participate in this inspirational experience. |
Visit a wood
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Wild about Woods video and CDROM
These resources help to celebrate Britain’s ancient woodland and are
guaranteed to be an inspiring experience, ideal to use before your
next woodland visit. Featuring Childrens’ TV presenter Howie Watkins,
the video takes you on a journey back through time to when the country
was covered with wildwood. The CDROM contains a variety of interesting
and exciting activities to inform you about woodland and test your
knowledge. |
Wild about woods
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Yellow
Woods Challenge
The Yellow Woods Challenge is an environmental campaign run by Yellow
Pages, the Directory Recycling Scheme and the Woodland Trust, working
with local authorities across the UK. It encourages the recycling of
Yellow Pages and has accompanying education sheets for KS2 covering
topics across the curriculum. To access this site, follow links from
the homepage through “Yell and Society” to “Education” to “Yellow
Woods Challenge”.
This is not a Woodland Trust website. For our
disclaimer click here |
Yellow
Woods Challenge
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