19th July 2023
Today I signed a petition organised by Friends of the Earth calling on the government to plant more trees to help us adapt our environment to cope with increasing summer temperatures. Not only will these trees provide shade, they will also help the local ecosystem cope with extremes of rainfall absorbing excess rainfall in the soil against times of drought and slowing the flow of waters in times of potential flooding.
This may be a good prompt to plan to plant another tree in our own garden (if we have the space), or maybe to sponsor a tree via organisations such as the Woodlands Trust, the National Trust, Trees for Life, and even via the NHS which is planting a nationwide NHS forest.
The Green Tau 