Word Forest

@WordForest
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We grow trees and community resilience in Kenya.
An international charity supporting farmers, families and ecosystems through tree planting and education.
🌍 Kenya
🌳 Over 1 million trees planted
🔗 https://www.wordforest.org
Website:https://www.wordforest.org
Charity number:1172497
Word ForestMar 27

Clean water is a game-changer! See how it is transforming the Permaculture Training Centre.

#Permaculture #CleanWater #Kenya

https://www.wordforest.org/2023/12/01/water-is-coming-to-the-permaculture-training-centre/

Water Is Coming To The Permaculture Training Centre - Word Forest

Listen to this article. Water scarcity or lack of water at all, threatens health and development of communities. Such communities are constrained even economically as what little income they have must be used to secure water. Kahondzi is a woman who was eight months pregnant and gave birth on her way while searching for water. […]

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Word ForestMar 24

Can painting a roof white help save the planet? Discover how simple solutions can tackle rising temperatures.

#ClimateAction #Sustainability #WhiteRoofs

https://www.wordforest.org/2023/11/24/the-importance-of-white-roofs/

The Importance Of White Roofs - Word Forest

About 20 years back, anyone in my community who could afford an iron sheet roof was considered to be financially well off. Everyone aspired to have a roof of iron sheets.These were the times when the weather conditions were not as harsh as they have been the past few years.

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Word ForestMar 22

This week we’ve travelled all the way from roots to shoots and for the final day of #TreesAreTheKey we’re focusing on new growth. Maintaining hope is about staying active and working towards change - how can you use what you’ve learnt this week moving forwards?

https://www.wordforest.org/week/

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 - Word Forest

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 16-22 March 2026 Days Hours Minutes Seconds Welcome to Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 If you’re looking for an uplifting diversion from a busy world, register to get involved withTrees Are The Key Awareness Week. There’s no sense in destroying the forests, none at all. It’s insanity! […]

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Word ForestMar 21

The theme of this year’s International Day of Forests is ‘Forests and Economies,’ so we wanted to take a look at how our work affects the economy in the communities we support.

#TreesAreTheKey

Word ForestMar 21

A tree transports water and resources through the xylem (a hollow tube of dead cells). For day 6 of #TreesAreTheKey we’re thinking about the importance of an equitable approach to resource distribution. What changes can you make to contribute?

https://www.wordforest.org/week/

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 - Word Forest

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 16-22 March 2026 Days Hours Minutes Seconds Welcome to Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 If you’re looking for an uplifting diversion from a busy world, register to get involved withTrees Are The Key Awareness Week. There’s no sense in destroying the forests, none at all. It’s insanity! […]

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Word ForestMar 20

Many species of trees produce blossoms as part of their annual cycle: in the UK hawthorns mark the beginning of spring, and plum blossom has strong cultural significance in China. It’s no surprise that blossoming has become a way to describe entering a more positive stage of your life, but how can the two intertwine? Read our latest article to find out more about the ways our relationships with nature can improve our mental health.

https://www.wordforest.org/2026/03/20/on-change-seasons-and-the-companionship-of-trees/

On Change, Seasons, and the Companionship of Trees - Word Forest

I’m grateful to say that, as well as a rather grey car park, during the year I spent in hospital, my window looked out onto a large oak tree. When I was first admitted its branches were bare, the first week of a cold April, yet to give way to fresh leaves. That initial period […]

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Word ForestMar 20

On day 5 of #TreesAreTheKey we’re appreciating the ways nature contributes to our health and wellbeing. Studies have shown spending time with trees lowers cortisol and improves mood: the blossom on their branches allows us to do the same.

https://www.wordforest.org/week/

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 - Word Forest

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 16-22 March 2026 Days Hours Minutes Seconds Welcome to Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 If you’re looking for an uplifting diversion from a busy world, register to get involved withTrees Are The Key Awareness Week. There’s no sense in destroying the forests, none at all. It’s insanity! […]

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Word ForestMar 19

Within the vocabulary of our species there are thousands of words for trees. But what is the difference between ‘arbre’ and ‘mti’? Our latest article is exploring the impact of biocultural loss, how the language we use to discuss the environment shapes the conversations that can be held and what this means for the work we do here at Word Forest.

Read it here: https://www.wordforest.org/2026/03/19/mother-tongue-mother-nature-how-identity-language-and-environmental-knowledge-are-interlinked/

Mother Tongue, Mother Nature: How Identity, Language and Environmental Knowledge are interlinked - Word Forest

‘Kaya’: a fortified settlement whose cultural spaces are indispensable for the enactment of living traditions that underscore the identity, continuity and cohesion of the Mijikenda communities. The Mijikenda is a group of nine Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the Kaya forests of coastal Kenya, for whom performing arts related to the sacred forests is central to […]

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Word ForestMar 19

Every leaf can be traced back to the trunk: day 4 of #TreesAreTheKey celebrates the way that ideas branch and knowledge spread. Word Forest builds classrooms and facilitates education but the impact reaches further: ‘if you educate a woman, you educate a whole community’.

https://www.wordforest.org/week/

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 - Word Forest

Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 16-22 March 2026 Days Hours Minutes Seconds Welcome to Trees Are The Key Awareness Week 2026 If you’re looking for an uplifting diversion from a busy world, register to get involved withTrees Are The Key Awareness Week. There’s no sense in destroying the forests, none at all. It’s insanity! […]

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Word ForestMar 19

Our waterways are vital ecosystems, not waste disposal systems. It's time to protect our rivers from pollution.

#CleanWater #SaveOurRivers #Environmentalism

https://www.wordforest.org/2023/11/03/our-rivers-are-not-sewers/

Our Rivers Are Not Sewers - Word Forest

The ecstasy of wild swimming is like looking at the world through a brighter lens. The cold and the energy and the silence. The unspoken comradery of you and other solo swimmers communicated in smiles.

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