Archive for ‘Conservation’
Earth Hour 2013 – A Message from WWF Scotland Director
What are you doing for WWF’s Earth Hour? It’s that time of year again! WWF’s Earth Hour is fast approaching. At 8.30pm on 23 March, hundreds of millions of people will join a massive global “lights out” to show their concern about the impact climate change is having on people and the natural world. From [...]
What is Scotland’s Favourite Tree?
Something which you may find surprising is that only 17% of Scotland’s land is wooded. Less than a third of this is native. But have you ever thought about the trees which are native to Scotland? The Woodland Trust Scotland are running a survey, launched on the 22nd of February until the 22nd of March [...]
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree! Top tips for eco-friendly trees
A guest blog from Lindsay Wallace at Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust In the next few weeks around six million real Christmas trees will be sold across the UK. It’s also at this time of year when trees become quite a hot topic of conversation at the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT). But we’re not talking [...]
