Easy Sustainability Wins for Small Businesses. Running a small business is busy. Between managing staff, keeping customers happy plus watching the bottom line, sustainability can feel like one more thing to add to an already long list. But here’s the good news – taking meaningful climate action doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. In […]
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Five best tree planting companies in Australia.
Five Australian Tree Planting Companies Worth Knowing About. If you’ve been thinking about supporting tree planting projects, whether for yourself personally or your business, the good news is that Australia has some genuinely wonderful organisations out planting trees. Here are five worth knowing about, each with their own approach and each well respected and trusted […]
Trees of Where I am!
In 2020, we ran an Instagram campaign called ‘Trees of Where I am‘ and invited our followers to send in photos of trees they came across. Over the months, we collected 60 tree photos tagged with @15.trees.au and #treesofwhereiam. As a result of this campaign and to say thank you for joining in, we then […]
Year of Living Sustainably. August / The Workplace.
This month we tackle the workplace. Gather a couple of like-minded friends at work and give yourselves this entire month to overhaul your workplace. Here’s a few ideas to get you started … Energy. Find out who is supplying your energy. Is it a renewable resource? If not, can you change providers? You may […]
Year of Living Sustainably. July/Plastic Free
This month is Plastic Free July. Hands up if you’re still using single-use items! I know! Me too! My lifetime goal is to eliminate single-use items. So, I’m starting again … small. Changing one habit at a time. And I’ve got the whole month of July to adapt. Note to self, carry a keep-cup, take […]
Tree Planting Season.
People will often ask us why we don’t plant all year round and why tree planting season has such a narrow window. It all has to do with best conditions for the new trees. In the southern states of Australia, the cooler/wetter months are the best times to plant trees, with the season […]
Year of Living Sustainably. June/Sharing.
We 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 ways. Each month will have its own sustainability focus, giving […]
Can Air Travel Be Sustainable?
Air travel takes a big chunk of our individual carbon footprint, accounting for almost 4% of CO2 emissions here in Australia. There are a few reasons for this, as we know Australia is geographically isolated from the rest of the world and there are vast distances between our population centres, plus … we do love […]
Best Australian Carbon Calculators.
Recently we road-tested four Australian carbon calculators to see which ones deliver the best user experience. If you’re looking to understand and reduce your personal carbon footprint, a carbon calculator is a great place to start. These tools collect data across a range of categories (transport, energy, water and waste) and some go further to […]
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 […]