Driving community environment action since 1982 #TheConservationFoundation #CommunityAction #Conservation
London
Joined March 2010
- Tweets1.5K
- Following706
- Followers1.1K
- Likes388
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
@ConservationFdn our Elm (planted last year) is in bud, pictured yesterday on Her Majesty's birthday
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
Spring is here. Gardens and gardening in prisons can improve prisoner and staff wellbeing according to evaluation of @ConservationFdn Unlocking Nature project in HMP Wandsworth.
russellwebster.com/wandswort…
#gardening
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
GeoFutures will directly support the creation of low cost #geothermal power in Kenya and Ethiopia – supplying more than 31.5 million people with clean power. Read how this insurance-based risk finance fund will work 👇
geofutures-greeninvest.com @ConservationFdn @lovegeothermal
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
#ImageOfTheDay
The #IceArches are🧊structures that prevent #SeaIce loss in the #Arctic
Due to #ClimateChange, they are becoming thinner & break earlier than in previous years, with consequences on🐻❄️🌱🧍
⬇️@CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️image of the🧊arc of the Nares Strait🇬🇱🇨🇦
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
BREAKING: 👇#FaceTheClimateEmergency
🌡️2020 was the joint hottest year on record globally, and the hottest year ever recorded for Europe🇪🇺 @CopernicusECMWF also highlighted a continued rise in CO2 concentrations.
Read the full press release here👉bit.ly/3nrOyf8 #CopernicusClimate
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
#WinterSolstice marks the official beginning of winter and is the shortest day of the year. What's your favourite thing about nature in winter? 🐧
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
The next decade will be critical to saving our planet. That's why we're excited to be invited as an official Nominator for the @EarthshotPrize! Launched by Prince William, it's the most prestigious global environment prize in history. 🙌 🌎
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
We are delighted to support the @ConservationFdn Tool Shed initiative in #Cornwall. Unwanted garden tools are collected at HWRCs, refurbished in partnership with @HMP_Dartmoor and then donated for free to local schools and community projects, such as this "Grow for Life" club.
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
Throughout COVID, 5 of our men have been busy converting a disused brick facade-last used in the 1970s to teach scaffolding into a wildlife haven! Barn Owl boxes have been erected, fruit trees and wildflowers planted and a pond, bug houses and other habitats have been introduced
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
In 1999 we worked with @ConservationFdn and @churchofengland to distribute 7000 #yew seedlings from ancient trees alive when Christ was born. They went to churchyards all round the UK. @churchtimes wants to know how they're doing. We'll be filling ours in: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/XYDY8Y5
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
Thinking about doing some planting this weekend? What about something that attracts & feeds pollinators like #bees & #butterflies? 🌱🐝 🐛 🦋
Lavender is a great all rounder that smells & looks good & helps wildlife in cities #wildflowerhour
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
'Not just weeds': how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora buff.ly/35m21Oe
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
'Nature survives in the tiniest corners': the City of London's wild heart theguardian.com/environment/…
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
Confused by a surge of info online about what you can #grow at home in the UK? Here's a comprehensive guide to exactly what you can grow, how long it takes and the sort of harvest you can expect, so you can work out what’s worth your time. theenglishgarden.co.uk/exper…
#gardening #gyo
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
We're very proud to be part of the Great British Elm Experiment, set up by @ConservationFdn.
We have been growing elms, hoping one will be resistant to Dutch Elm Disease
Find out more: conservationfoundation.co.uk…
#greatbritishelmexperiment #conservationmatters
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
The Westfelton Yew is a #GreatTree @MordenHallPkNT
Ancient and huge - simply breathtaking!
One of the Great Trees of London #GTOL to celebrate with us @UrbanTreeFest #urbantreefestival
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
The London Plane
The tree that made a city
@LondonNPC @LTOA33 @LDN_environment @BSBIbotany
Read the #TreeStory of the #LondonPlane at the amazing Aranya here:
aranya.co.uk/planes/text/int…
#LondonbyPlane #PlatanusLondinium
#NationalParkCity
#UrbanTreeFestival
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
How gardening is good for us: Sue Stuart-Smith on gardening and our mental health @GdnsIllustrated
gardensillustrated.com/featu…
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
Evaluation is key to rehabilitative interventions, check out our report of @ConservationFdn Unlocking Nature programme. conservationfoundation.co.uk…
Read about Our Unlocking Nature project, which has turned parts of @HMP_Wandsworth green, in the @MoJGovUK Ecology E-News, along with other good green prison news. @AdolfoHarrison @FrancineHens @cmcollins_hort #gardeningforwellbeing #prisongardens bit.ly/2PbKtN5
The Conservation Foundation retweeted
Here's a shot of the presenters under a plane following the @conservationfdn London Plane Tree Conference last week including our chair Barbara Milne and Islington TO Greg Packman. #londontrees
