Locals have blasted a council’s ‘ridiculous’ decision to chop down two 70ft trees after classing them as HEDGES – and giving them an ASBO. The pair of massive cypress trees are facing the axe after a single complaint by one neighbour – apparently over their light being blocked. The trees have sat in a quiet … Read more
How you can get a FREE tree from Bunnings as part of a massive giveaway – but you’ll have to be quick Bunnings Warehouse to hand out 26,500 free trees to Greater Sydney residents NSW Government partnered with retailer as part of Greening our City initiative Residents across 33 LGAs can pick up leafy freebie … Read more
Fascinating new photo book reveals how America’s cell phone masts are being cleverly disguised as fake palm trees, phoney cacti and even bogus church crosses The mesmerising images can be found in book Fauxliage, by photographer Annette LeMay Burke She writes that some of the disguises are so obviously fake that they actually draw attention … Read more
The Duchess of York today gave an impassioned plea to scrap controversial plans to build a ‘massive’ Amazon warehouse – because historic trees she adored as a child will be felled. Sarah Ferguson, 61, said she was ‘absolutely horrified’ to discover that dozens of 130-year-old trees in an ancient woodland corridor will be destroyed to … Read more
A team of architects from Ukraine took top prize at a prestigious competition with a concept for a ‘living skyscraper’ shaped out of a grove of genetically modified trees. Their design would mold fast-growing trees into an eco-friendly high rise or office building, with smaller branches forming individual rooms and walls. The ‘Living Skyscraper for … Read more
Britain aims to plant 143 million new trees a YEAR by 2035 in huge bid to hit carbon emissions targets – turning swathes of farmland into forest Number of trees planted across UK per year is set to rise to 143million by 2035 Plan will turn swathes of farmland and areas of natural beauty into … Read more
The National Trust has been condemned online after using plastic trees to promote its campaign urging Britons to celebrate the blossom season. Britons took to Twitter to slam the heritage body after it emerged that the Trust’s #BlossomWatch campaign was being promoted on faux trees on London’s New Bond Street. Posters which read ‘Join a … Read more
The banks that grow trees as well as your savings: NS&I to launch new ‘green’ account this summer Oxbury Bank’s Forest Saver account funds woodland creation projects Gatehouse Bank has launched a range of Green Saver fixed-rate bonds and Isas Triodos Bank lends your money to environmental, cultural and social projects By Sylvia Morris For The … Read more
£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Tech giant boosts its eco credentials with investment in forests around the world The Restore Fund hopes to remove one million tons of carbon dioxide annually Apple said protecting environment and making money ‘not mutually exclusive’ The Daily Mail’s Be a Tree Angel campaign raised £1.5million to … Read more
£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Tech giant boosts its eco credentials with investment in forests around the world The Restore Fund hopes to remove one million tons of carbon dioxide annually Apple said protecting environment and making money ‘not mutually exclusive’ The Daily Mail’s Be a Tree Angel campaign raised £1.5million to … Read more