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NOW OPEN - Friends of Fifteen Trees Memberships - NOW OPEN Did you know that the average Australian has a annual lifestyle carbon footprint of 15,000 kg. Over its lifetime, a tree collects 268kg of carbon. Therefore to collect a year's carbon emissions you need to plant 60 trees (1500 / 268 = 56 trees). Imagine, if you could reduce your carbon footprint to zero. Imagine, if we could [...]
Last year, 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 and #treesofwhereIam, #treesofwhereyouare and #treesofinstagram. As a result of this campaign and to say thank you for joining in, we then went out and planted 60 trees - one tree for every photo [...]
Every year, Fifteen Trees acknowledges our supporters by organising the planting of one tree on the behalf of every Fifteen Trees subscriber. At last count, we have 210 lovely peeps who subscribe to our E-News (which comes out 4 times/year). So, out we went and we purchased 210 trees for Chris Cobern and the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network. This is truly beautiful countryside. Nestled in the hills and valleys of [...]
Many of us are familiar with Airbnb. Many of us love the opportunity Airbnb gives us to stay away from home in accommodation that is cheaper and friendlier than a hotel or motel. We love the little things our hosts do to ensure our stay is a good one. The wine (yes, I have been given a bottle of local wine), the stocked fridge and the pointers to local eateries, shops [...]
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. Grow West Planting Day 2017 Jobs are varied. There is more to tree planting than tree planting! Sometimes there needs to be a bit of land-clearing (removing exotic [...]
- 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 and Environment Categories and in particular photos showing how people are being impacted by climate [...]
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 40 trees in the Mallee for the 40 cups we sold last year. Here is [...]
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 size, they held us all entranced. Needless to say, I was interested in the Nature [...]
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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, we'll plant a tree on your behalf, and include a I <heart> trees badge. [...]
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 your small footprint event. Keep all participants informed about your small footprint event. Use/promote businesses that have [...]
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 science backgrounds) in order to influence policy and decision making as it shapes our planet. [...]
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 bark. To judge our competition, we have the very talented local architect and artist Talina [...]
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 passionate to say about a loved tree. My winner is The Old Lady (Brittany Thompson), [...]
Write a poem and be in the running for 'bask aromatherapy' products. Australian owned and made, bask use only the finest, organic, botanical ingredients, gently blended with essential oils. Your skin feel silky soft and your soul soothed. Bliss! 'Tree in my neighbourhood' No rules on the poem, it can rhyme or not, be a Japanese Haiku or even a limerick. The only stipulation is that it is an original [...]
Let me introduce Kemi Nekvapil (AKA the Raw Food Queen) I first met Kemi in 2013 at the first Big Hearted Business Conference when she presented to the group some home truths about food. A funny dynamic woman, Kemi was our first guest speaker and her energy and enthusiasm were catching. Kemi is a hard woman to catch as she is currently traveling around Australia with her family. However, I [...]
Karolina gave me explicit directions to her art studio. However I did not anticipate the majestic sky-line while driving west towards the township of Clunes. I had to keep stopping to take photos of the cumulonimbus clouds. You know the ones! Massive. Running late and anyway only half listening to her earlier directions, I promptly parked the car in her neighbours yard and then unceremoniously climbed through the wire fencing [...]
National Tree Day Sunday July 26th Fifteen Trees has 3 ideas to celebrate! 1. Fifteen Trees are organising a 'tree pose' event in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens on National Tree Day. Tree pose (aka Vrksasana) is a simple standing pose, check it out at Australian Yoga Journal. We are meeting up at 10.00 am near the Sensory Gardens. Please wear black (yoga gear is an option but not necessary) and [...]
I came across Pauline O'Shannessy-Dowling (aka POD) at an art exhibition held in the old Union Building in Ballarat. Straight away I was drawn into her miniature detailed world of skyscrapers, trees and landscapes. I love her work so much that I asked POD to draw for me a collection of trees (indeed 15 trees) which I have since given away as gifts and prizes. POD also designs fabrics and [...]
Poems with a green theme written illicitly on a wall in a public place - love it. Abbottford's Convent, Melbourne I found this poem on the back of a toilet door. 'Bow down to your god, but don't forget about the Earth. Place your hand on a tree, who's helping your breathe? Give thanks to the sun, when you open your lungs. Throw your butts in the [...]
