Ban Non Thong and Ban Nong Muang Carbon Bank Project Objectives sequester CO2 reforestation micro finance environmental education Project Overview This project was funded by PATT through donations from the Premium Carbon Free offset programme we were running at the time. It was undertaken in collaboration with the internationally renowned Population and community Development Association (PDA). The project…
The Soneva Project In 2011 and 2012 Plant a Tree Today and Soneva planted 449 000 trees! You can read some edited highlights of the project below, or, click here to be taken to the project page on our archive site The objectives of the Soneva project were: reforestation community development increase habitat for wildlife…
Our first ever tree planting day! It all started on the 26th May 2006 with our first tree planting event. Our ‘Baan Unrak Forest and Nursery Project’ supported tree planting in rural Thailand. With the support of XL Results Foundation Magazine, we supplied 500 seedlings to Baan Unrak School and Children’s Home in Sangklaburi, Kanchanaburi…
Going car-free isn’t an easy option – it takes thought, planning and hard work. You wouldn’t just wake up one morning and think, ‘You know what? I’m going to sell my car today’. But the benefits of examining our own carbon and environmental footprints and determining to make a shift in the way we think…
ZeDay Guidelines are simple: Don’t use or burn oil or gas or coal. Minimise (or eliminate) your use of electricity generated by fossil fuels. Don’t put anyone in harm’s way: All essential and emergency services operate normally. Do your best, have fun, enjoy the day! At PATT, we are committed to living a carbon neutral…
PATT CEO, Dr Andrew Steel, will be taking part in a free educational event on Sunday 8 September at Wilson’s Social in Manchester to help support your sustainability journey and raise awareness around urgent global concerns – particularly deforestation. The Sustainability Diaries Team is a collective of determined individuals aiming to create real positive change…
Welcome! We’re excited to announce that our new sapling of a website is live – welcome! The updated site includes new and improved navigation, with dropdown menus for both mobile and desktop versions and a brand-new shopping experience has also been added where you can grab birthday presents, wedding gifts and even a long haul…
How trees talk to each other… “A forest is much more than what you see,” says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests led to an astounding discovery — trees talk, often and over vast distances. To find out more, let us introduce Suzanne Simard
New UN report highlights changes we need to make A new report by the UN recommends that we must urgently change our diets and stop destroying land so it can absorb more carbon if there is any hope of avoiding catastrophic levels of global warming. A UN advisor commented, ‘Earth has never felt smaller, its natural ecosystems…
Trees can save the world Professor Tom Crowther, whose work specialises in ecosystem ecology, has calculated the number of trees on the planet, three trillion, or 3 000 000 000 040 to be precise. Tom also calculates that we need to plant 3 000 000 000 trees by 2050, or 90 million trees a year…