We believe that the road to a carbon lean world begins with reducing emissions, then putting in place a plan of action for further reductions, which might require larger scale, more costly changes.
Residual emissions should be mitigated through projects such as tree planting only as part of a comprehensive program that places reduction at its core.
The Woodland Trust has begun to tackle its own emissions: domestic flights have almost completely ceased (although our Northern Ireland activities sometimes make the ferry/rail alternative impractical and arguably an improper use of our charitable funds).
We use public transport wherever possible, and keep the use of our pool of low emission vehicles to a minimum. We will shortly relocate our main office to a bespoke, low energy use building, for which planning permission was granted in 2008.
We are increasingly using conference and video calling as an alternative to face-to-face meetings between staff and outside contacts.
There is always more to do, but the longest journey starts with a single step. The highly distributed nature of the Woodland Trust's staff and operations make economies of scale difficult to achieve. However, we recognize the urgent need to reduce emissions to a minimum and are doing everything we can to ensure that we do so.
Why not join us on that journey?
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