Phil SturgeonJul 6

When we mention we're going to be planting trees we have infinite people biting our arms off to come and plant them.

When we need the help with maintenance there is a deafening silence.

If you want to chase glory, focus on saving recently planted woodlands, doing the hard but critical work of making sure these saplings live, instead of just grabbing photo ops with a spade.

Birthday drinks afterwards. Come play. https://www.protect.earth/events/sapling-guardian-day-near-radstock

Sapling Guardian Day Near Radstock — Protect Earth

We planted saplings on this site back in 2022. We're circling back to check how things are going and are organising a sapling care and maintenance volunteering day to help ensure the survival and healthy growth of these saplings. Activities include: Identifying and replacing saplings that have

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Cc: National Highways.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/05/cambridgeshire-a14-road-wildlife-environmental-disaster

How a £1.5bn ‘wildlife-boosting’ bypass became an environmental disaster

A14 in Cambridgeshire promised biodiversity net gain of 11.5%, but most of the 860,000 trees planted are dead. What went wrong?

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@sorenhave thoughts posted over here. https://bsky.app/profile/philsturgeon.com/post/3lt7zlfewh22m
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This article was close to getting it, but misses the point massively. The problem isn’t the tree planting. The photos in it show 50% survival rate. The problem is consistently building massive damaging roads, shoving in some empty ponds full of tyre particles, and pretending that’s net gain. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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