Tag 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
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
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
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
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
Branching out in the race between Boris and co
Well, we’re now about midway through the election campaign period for London’s next Mayor. And it’s becoming clear that the environment (not least trees and woods) is pretty low down as a priority for all the candidates standing. ** Update: … Continue reading
Wildlife on the edge
We have had some glorious days recently. Last week, walking along the River Tyne in the late afternoon, I experienced one of those moments when Nature seems almost falling over itself to impress. Willows along the riverbank were tinged bronze … Continue reading
