Outdoor More trees in cities could save 400 lives annually Demand for urban green spaces has gone up ever since lockdown began.
Ideas Is a fake Christmas tree better for the environment than a real one? The answer is a lot more complicated than you might think.
Ideas You can turn this pencil into a Christmas Tree 82,000 trees are cut down to produce pencils every year - but now we can reverse the cycle.
Outdoor Regrowing forests may be the ‘single largest natural climate solution’ There are questions about whether planting trees is always the best option.
Ideas Satellites are mapping out every tree on earth using AI technology A neural network has been trained to identify trees based on their size and shape.
Outdoor Over 240,000 trees planted to mark Indian climate activist’s birthday Nine year old Licypriya Kangujam asked for something different to celebrate her birthday this year.
Ideas The architect who wants to build cities with a million trees Two of his best-known works are the Vertical Forest Towers in Italy and the Liuzhou Forest City in China.
Body and Mind How do you make cities healthier, cleaner and cooler? Easy access to green space could add years to your life.
Ideas 'Internet of Things' is being used to help trees fight climate change Vodafone, Defra and Forest Research hope to find out how trees can be harnessed to fight climate change.
Ideas Can 130,000 trees stop Sydney from becoming an urban heat island? The 'Greener Places' policy hopes to guarantee a green recovery for New South Wales after the coronavirus.
Outdoor 3 billion trees to be planted across Europe by 2030 The ambitious strategy is a part of the European Green Deal.
Outdoor Serbia will plant 1 billion trees in order to reach net zero target The founders of an award winning festival want to increase Serbia's forest cover by nearly 50%.
Outdoor Is the science driving tree planting trends ‘dangerously misleading’? Researchers have claimed that the study published in July 'strongly overestimates' the impact of restoring forests.
Body and Mind How gym bunnies are burning calories to replant the rainforest Fitness app Motosumo has pledged to plant up to 3,000 trees when challengers work out for the Team Trees campaign.
Art and Design The art installation teaching us to care for our forests Lisa Wright and Tom Piper create mile long sculpture trail to commemorate 100 years of safeguarding the trees.
Ideas Veganism could be key to reducing farming's carbon footprint A new study has identified reduced meat consumption and tree-planting as viable solutions to global warming.
Outdoor The group fighting deforestation by building from wood The saying goes ‘cut your hair to make it grow’. What if the same was true of forests?
