This year, I’m taking some serious sustainable steps to reduce my carbon footprint on the planet. Throughout the year, each month will have its own sustainable focus which means I have a whole 4 weeks to get myself better organised. February. Rethinking Food. I’ll start the year by refocusing on what I eat. At 13%, […]
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Who Grows Our Trees? Scrub Club Community Nursery.
We love to highlight the nurseries from which we source our trees. This month I visited a wonderful community nursery in the Otway Ranges, and spoke to nursery Director, Arabella (Abby) Imhoff about the Shrub Club Community Nursery, Apollo Bay, VIC (est 2005). Can you tell me a little about the […]
Partners for the Planet.
We have 5 great ideas to help run your company (or department) with a smaller carbon footprint. 1. FLEET Reduce the carbon footprint of the cars in your fleet. To reduce the footprint of one car in your fleet for one year, we need to annually plant 15 trees on your behalf. In brief, […]
Tragedy of the Commons.
I first came across the term tragedy of the commons when I was working at Ecolinc, a specialist science centre at Bacchus Marsh, VIC where I was teaching and developing programs. I hadn’t heard of the term, until I was adapting a game for our Year 7s about this very concept and the term came […]
Search for the Fagus.
In April this year, I took a trip to Tasmania/Lutruwita to reconnect with old uni friends, take a dip in the cold waters of Launceston Gorge and track down a rare and fascinating tree – the Myrtle Beech, or Nothofagus (aka Fagus). This small, woody tree is a true local, found only in Tasmania’s highland […]
My Year of Living Sustainably. Spring.
We’re Making Plans. We’ve gathered the troops (partners, colleagues and kids) and are taking one serious sustainable step every month to move towards a more sustainable lifestyle. Our starting point is making a list of what we currently are doing and over the course of the month, add to that list in meaningful and significant […]
Five best tree planting companies in Australia.
Looking for a tree planting service that does more than just put trees in the ground? We’ve been in this space for over a decade, working alongside hundreds of community groups and tree planting organisations across Australia. In that time, we’ve learned who delivers real results and who doesn’t. These five organisations have consistently impressed […]
How we can support your revegetation project.
At Fifteen Trees, we believe in supporting community groups by providing them with native trees for their revegetation projects. Sometimes, we can also include funds towards tree guards and morning teas. There is no charge to receive trees for planting, however you do need to be a member of an environmental or community group (such […]
It’s hard being green!
There are so many challenges to running a sustainable company. Whether you are a start-up watching your costings with micro precision, or a company that has been around a while, and now having to transition to being more sustainable, there are challenges. Here’s a few of the challenges that we are hearing […]
How it works.
Thanks for checking out our How It Works page. In brief, we link individuals and companies to community groups who need support in the form of funding to purchase their trees (and guards) for their revegetation projects. We only plant in Australia sourcing from local independent native nurseries, the trees are indigenous to the area […]