One Tree Planted’s Post

🍒 How many berries and fruits have you seen lately? ⚠️ According to the latest data from our Nature's Calendar project, tree fruit yields may be low this year as 2024's wet spring suppressed pollinators, wind pollination and blossoming trees. 🔎 Hawthorn fruit and elderberry numbers have dropped significantly compared to previous years, and oak, ash and ivy fruit yields are at their lowest since records began in 2001. 🐦 The scarcity of tree fruits this winter could have knock-on impacts for wildlife. Birds like waxwings, redwings and fieldfares migrate to the UK each winter to feast on tree fruits and nuts. 🌦️ Help us track how weather and climate are impacting our wildlife! Add a record of local wildlife to our Nature's Calendar project here: https://bit.ly/3YB8HE8

Living and working in the Countryside and in tune with the Seasons and Nature, the impact of severe weather events on wildlife is often a discussion point. It's not just the direct impact, it's the indirect impact of changes in our weather patterns that impact wildlife, and their food sources (e.g. fruiting species of plants). The Woodland Trust have a Nature's Calender which provides data collated from their Citizen Science project. This year records across the Country show lower yields of fruit from species such as hawthorn. Having corridors of vegetation (e.g. hedgerows and treelines) across the landscape to move and find alternative food sources and shelter is so important for wildlife, for them to survive the impacts of Climate Change. https://lnkd.in/eB3UJnGY What can we do? Actively consider our own personal impacts on the environment in our daily activities, and look at ways to have a positive impact. Try and reduce our environmental footprint. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Protect and enhance Biodiversity 💚

📣 Exciting news at Mast! You—and anyone you know–can now help restore Western forests devastated by wildfire. Whether you choose the 🌰 Seed 🌰 level or go all-in with 🌲Catalytic🌲, your support does more than plant trees. You are: 👉removing future fuel for wildfires and locking carbon underground 👉replanting native, biodiverse seedlings we’ve grown for maximum survival rate 👉restoring ecosystems that will provide habitat for wildlife and improve water & air quality Act now–our forests can’t wait: https://hubs.li/Q02-JD8T0

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🌏 Happy World Cassowary Day! 🌏 Today, we celebrate the fascinating cassowary. These large, flightless birds are native to Northern Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands. And are known as the "guardians of the rainforest," as well as the "most dangerous bird in the world". So... what lessons can we learn from the cassowary? Purpose: Cassowaries play a vital role in their ecosystems, dispersing seeds and helping to maintain biodiversity. Their unwavering purpose in life serves as a reminder of the importance of finding meaning and contributing to something greater than ourselves. Resilience: Cassowaries have adapted to survive in harsh habitats, facing threats like deforestation and hunting. Their resilience reminds us that even in the face of adversity, we can find strength and persevere. Balance: Cassowaries are incredibly agile and graceful, able to navigate through dense forests with ease. Their ability to maintain balance in challenging situations is a testament to their adaptability and resourcefulness. So, let’s take a moment today to appreciate the cassowary’s quiet strength and reflect on how we can incorporate the wisdom of nature in our day-to-day lives. And... maybe be a little dangerous. Photo by Camille Couvez on Unsplash . . . . . #WorldCassowaryDay #Diversity #Resilience #NatureLessons #Sustainability #EnvironmentalImpact

Helping Wildlife in Summer Heat Keep our furry and feathered friends safe with these essential tips: 1️⃣ Provide Water: Place shallow bowls of water in your garden or balcony to ensure wildlife has access to fresh water. Change the water daily to keep it clean. 2️⃣ Create Shaded Areas: Set up shaded spots in your yard using plants, trees, or even umbrellas to offer animals a cool refuge from the sun. 3️⃣ Offer Food: Leave out food appropriate for local wildlife, such as seeds for birds or fruits for small mammals, to help them stay nourished during the heat. 4️⃣ Plant Native Trees: Planting native trees and shrubs provides natural shelter and food sources for wildlife, promoting a healthy ecosystem. Let's make a difference for our wildlife this summer!

Card of the Week, the 20th of May, 2024 Rewilding When was the last time you did something wild? Did it go against established practices? Did it surprise your surroundings – or yourself? Did it have no other purpose than to release energy or reach out to life? Did it allow for you to let go of control? Maybe doing something wild was actually doing nothing? Resting or simply being – with loved ones, with yourself, with the wilderness (within or without)? Sometimes our most radical action is withdrawal: Refraining from weeding the lawn, from structuring our thoughts in ‘productive’ processes, from judging other people’s actions, from restricting ourselves to how we ‘ought to’ live our lives... Wildness is not some external, exotic feature we can add to our otherwise controlled and predictable lives. Wildness is deep in our nature. It is an essential pollinator to our civilization. How can we regenerate wildness (within and without) and nurture its habitats? Happy World Bee Day! #cardsforlife #livingsystemsthinking #thinkinglikegaia #facilitation #regeneration #regenerativeleadership #paleblueperspective

What does it take to Never Give Up? This week’s weekly wilderness webinar is for those who feel they are in an uphill battle that is sapping their energy and need to find ways to build resilience and keep going so that important dreams and goals are reached As an Ecopsychologist who has spent decades adventuring with elephants, white lions, mountain gorillas, African wild dogs, free-roaming meerkats in the Klein Karoo, swimming with ocean-moving, playful dolphins, and walking and talking with the Masai and the Bushman I have learnt that good mental health and environmental sustainability go hand in hand. Not everyone has the time to join me on wilderness encounters in Africa to gain life-changing persona and professional insights so please join me on a virtual safari tomorrow night, online at 6pm UK time. On each weekly wilderness webinar, we focus on a wildlife interaction to be inspired by those who know how to relate well, be team, and survive in ever-changing conditions, especially with the current challenge imposed by climate change. Last week participants on the weekly wilderness webinar explored being family or team in an organization with a culture of belonging. Our tutors were families of elephants and teams of meerkats as they faced diversity and various predators. To gain understandings from what their lives and interactions taught us please go to this link: https://lnkd.in/eAmf5bxA This week we ask What does it take to Never Give Up? The bear strikes a chord in us…whether we invite the bear to share our food or our folklore there is an urge to be reunited with something lost or treasured seen in the animal that most resembles us. It is almost as though in him we can see how great is our loss of contact with ourselves. Perhaps the bear can still serve as a pilot and a messenger. The Sacred Paw, Paul Shepherd, 1985   Tomorrow, Wednesday 20th March 2024 at 6pm UK time,  I invite you to go on a wildlife virtual safari to spend time with a mother bear and her cub. What happens? What does this have to do with finding the truths that empower will power, and the ability to never give up? This is the zoom link to join in: https://lnkd.in/eBts4RAR

𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁?🌲✨ 🔹️Imagine a fierce winter storm, snow swirling violently through the air❄️ Two reindeer find shelter in the triangle of pine trees that once stood tall and proud—until they were cut down for holiday decorations🍃 🔹️Outside this sanctuary, the rest of the herd stands exposed to the cold, struggling to survive the brutal storm. There are no trees left to offer them shelter. 🔹️𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧, we celebrate with beautiful decorations, but the real cost of this tradition is felt by the 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 who rely on trees for survival. 🔹️This season, let’s rethink our choices. Instead of cutting down nature, let's find ways to celebrate without sacrificing our planet🌱 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚, 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 🔹️It’s time for a 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚—one that shelters both us and the planet. #TriangleOfHope #RethinkChristmas #SaveTheTrees #EcoFriendlyHoliday #Sustanability

Today, on World Environment Day, 🌱we’ve seen numerous messages and articles on traditional and digital media, highlighting the importance of our environment, sustaining, and regenerating greenery. Now it's time to turn those messages into action! ♻️ Let's take the first step by planting more trees. Join “Forests by Heartfulness” - an initiative to nurture, protect and conserve native, endemic and endangered tree species. Adopt a tree today - https://lnkd.in/dvnbrGEc and be part of our goal to plant 30 million trees by 2025.🌳🌳🌳