Category Archives: Urban
Green Streets Cut Pollution More Than Previously Thought
Reblogged from The Dirt: A new research study by Professor Thomas Pugh at Lancaster University and other scientists in the UK has found that adding trees, bushes, innovative systems like green walls, or even ivy or other creeping vines, can cut street-level nitrogen … Continue reading
Growing a new forest in Peterborough
Forest for Peterborough, an exciting initiative to plant trees for residents… Peterborough can be found neatly sandwiched between Lincolnshire, Northants and Cambridgeshire on the edge of the Fens about 80 miles north of London. As a city it has strong environmental … Continue reading
Trees in the Townscape – 12 guiding principles for urban trees
The Trust was one of the first organisations to sponsor Trees in the Townscape, A Guide for Decision Makers, recognising the crucial role the document would have with those likely to make decisions about urban trees. The evidence for the contribution … Continue reading
Management of our woods
The Woodland Trust was built on the foundation of our woodland estate and, although we now deliver our charitable aims in a range of ways, the woods and open ground we manage remain an important part of what we do. … Continue reading
Why trees?
I just had to share this fantastic, short doodle-video with you. In a nutshell, it illustrates why we work so hard to protect and expand our tree and woodland resource. Trees are so important to our lives, and they work so hard … Continue reading
Natural stress relief
On top of our recent post about the benefits of green space for our immune systems, researchers have now been able to show with biological tests that living near green space is associated with lower stress levels. There’s been strong … Continue reading
Why urban trees matter!
Have any of you been watching the brilliant BBC programme The 70′s? A really thought provoking series that came home for me quite literally, when they featured Hyson Green’s ‘streets in the sky’ in Nottingham. Why? Well, my mum grew up there … Continue reading
Does biodiversity make your skin itch?
When we say that biodiversity is important, and that contact with nature is good for our mental and physical health, we are often expressing an intuitive sense that ‘it just must be’. A recently published study provides further evidence of … Continue reading
Home buyers want to live near public green spaces
One of the eight key features that people need and want from their homes is public open space, particularly in urban areas. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published a new report ”The way we live now: What people … Continue reading
Space to breathe – trees and urban air quality
A report on Trees and Urban Air Quality released by the Woodland Trust today, and produced in cooperation with Lancaster University and the University of Birmingham, shows that despite air quality in the UK improving in recent decades, there remain … Continue reading
