Winter is tree planting season and across the southern states of Australia, we are in full swing. Now is a perfect time for businesses to collect their teams and head outside for a few hours of tree planting. Jobs are varied. There is more to tree planting than tree planting! Sometimes there needs […]
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World Press Photo Exhibition TWO
– 22nd June 2018 – With only a few more days to run, the World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 is an amazing collection of photos from around the world. Now in its 61st year, the competition has attracted 73,044 photos from over 4,500 photographers from 125 countries. I was drawn to photos in the Nature […]
Keep-Cups
We are now selling fabulous keep-cups supplied by our friends at Earth Bottles. The cups are double-walled stainless steel and have a silicon lid to keep the heat in. For every cup we sell, we plant one tree. With any multiple orders, we throw in a delicious packet of Grounded Pleasures drinking chocolate. Earlier this year, we planted […]
World Press Photo Exhibition ONE
I had the privilege to visit Sydney recently and I promptly made my way to the Public Library of New South Wales for their annual World Press Photo Exhibition. Now in its 61st year, over 4,500 photographers from 125 countries entered 73,044 photos to the contest. The photos were very powerful. Enlarged to a massive […]
If trees were rice grains.
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TreeCups
For a limited time, we are selling these beautiful cups sourced from the Briody and Danni at Earth Bottles. If you haven’t got time to sit and drink your tea or coffee, take it ‘to go’ in these wonderful double walled stainless steel cups with silicon lids. Your beverage will stay hot for hours. And for every cup sold, […]
A small footprint event.
Tips for running a small footprint event. Put someone in charge to ensure the small footprint theme is consistent and promote it as such. Produce an environmental policy for your conferences and meetings. Offer attendees the option of buying a trees for planting by a local community group (see below how Fifteen Trees can help out here). Advise speakers about […]
Antarctica and Climate Change
Late last year, I was fortunate to be invited along on a world’s first … an all female science expedition to Antarctica in a program called Homeward Bound. This program is a leadership, strategic and science initiative for women, set against the backdrop of Antarctica. It aim is to heighten the influence and impact of women (with […]
Ephemeral Art Competition (ends August 14).
Hi everyone. Competition time! Until mid August we will be running an Ephemeral Art competition. Ephemeral Art is temporary in nature, created from natural objects and often left in a natural setting. These are objects of beauty, meant to be enjoyed for a short time, such as sand sculptures or arrangements of flowers, leaves or […]
Tree poetry competition – winner!
Huge, huge thank you to all who entered our ‘Tree in my neighbourhood‘ Poetry Competition. Such beautiful writing. We absolutely loved them all. Ross Gillett our judge, took his role very seriously and deliberated for 10 days. He wrote … It was a pleasure reading these entries – all of them had something unique and […]