We have a slight obsession here with a bird that doesn’t get a lot of attention, but is nevertheless an iconic Australian bird that oozes personality. This year, we are focusing on planting habitat trees for these beautiful creatures. So, we wanted to tell you a little more about them, so you will not only […]
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Spotlight on Koala Clancy Foundation.
We love our community groups who are working towards restoring their native reserves, roadsides, creeks, riverbanks, hills, valleys, swamplands and flatlands. This year, with your support, we will distribute close to 50,000 trees (including shrubs, grasses and groundcovers) to almost 100 individual groups across all states of Australia. And so, we thought it was […]
Eco-friendly Fundraising Ideas.
Choosing an eco-friendly fundraiser is a great way to teach students about our native environment and show how a child, a classroom or indeed a school can make a difference. Eco-friendly fundraisers have numerous benefits, including minimising waste, reducing carbon footprint, and promoting responsible resource usage. They also attract environmentally conscious donors, sponsors, […]
Wishing You a Green Christmas.
As you hunt for the perfect gifts for your family and friends this festive season, we’d like to encourage you to find gifts that are eco-friendly, don’t contribute to landfill and support small local businesses. But you’ve probably got a lot on your plate, and so we thought we’d go looking for some great eco […]
Gina. Being of nature.
If like me, you watched Alone Australia on SBS earlier this year, you probably too became enchanted by one of the contestants called Gina Chick. If you haven’t seen the series, basically, 10 people are dropped into the wilderness, in this case the western coast of Tasmania/lutruwita (in winter). Who lasts the longest wins the […]
Carbon offsets/credits. What’s the story?
We sometimes are asked if we can produce carbon offsets or credits. Alas the answer is no. Here’s why! To qualify for carbon credit/offset registration, Fifteen Trees would need to: plant trees in blocks of huge numbers (160,000 to 800,000), on vast land tracks (200 hectares to 1 square kilometre), which receives at least 1000mm […]
Greta Vs Greenwashing
Last month, Greta Thunberg pulled out of the Edinburgh Book Festival after accusing one of their major sponsors of ‘greenwashing’. Thunberg was due to give a climate talk to an audience of 3,000. The sponsors were Baillie Gifford and in an investigation by The Ferret (Scottish investigative news site) it came to light that Baillie […]
National Tree Day
This year we celebrated Planet Ark National Tree Day (Sunday July 30th) with the Napoleans/Enfield Landcare Group, at Scotchman Lead, south of Ballarat VIC. This group have been working tirelessly to restore the indigenous vegetation along the banks of the Yarrowee River, south of the city of Ballarat. Established in 1996 by Planet Ark, […]
The Nature of Play.
Planet Ark have done some research around the play habits of Australian kids and they say that kids just aren’t playing outside anymore. Nor are they climbing trees. In fact, only 1 in every 5 kids go tree climbing. As we are probably aware … over the past decade, there has been an overall shift […]
Partner with Fifteen Trees
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, […]
