Seedballs in Kenya

Seedballs in Kenya

Seedballs present a simple but potentially very effective method of tree-planting and rewilding.  Four Rotary clubs in D1260, Barton le Clay, Brookman’s Park, Baldock and  Luton Someries are collaborating with 3 Kenyan...
SGG Rotary Tree Project

SGG Rotary Tree Project

Sustainable Global Gardens [SGG] has been promoting tree-planting in East Africa for several years. Most of the trees planted so far have been planted on small-scale farms and have been directly useful to the farmer. Such trees include both fruits [e.g. mango,...
Gardens

Gardens

A garden is one small part of the global environmental system where rotarians often have sole control and benefit. This place is the household garden – perhaps better to be thought of as the one piece of paradise for which we have sole responsibility. There are so...
Connecting with Nature

Connecting with Nature

Although trees are a major part of many ecosystems, there are other aspects of Nature to be considered.  For example, wildlife, flowers for beautification & better pollination. LOCAL PROJECTS A good example of a Rotary club environmental project is Ponteland...
Heart 4 Trees

Heart 4 Trees

A PROGRAMME BEING DEVELOPED BY RGBI ESRAG There are several issues concerning trees, carbon capture and climate mitigation. For example, what are the best species to plant? This depends very much on site conditions, but there is general agreement that single species...