Including 4 closely related terms such as planting initiatives, trees, and tree planting.
… held in the 21/22 season, therefore 98% of the planting was achieved by communities meaning that residents feel more ownership over the trees. This season the planting comprises 1km of new hedgerow, 509 street and parkland trees and 7.2ha of new woodland. To help support the strategy the webpage was updated, with information about the tree planting initiatives, such as pledge a tree, grow a tree…
… ambitious targets to plant 10,000 trees every year between 2020 and 2030 and with the support of the borough’s communities and volunteers, over 45,000 trees have been planted to date. Between 2021 and 2022, good progress has been made and the council remains on course to reach its carbon budget, however, more changes need to be made and they need to be made faster if we are to achieve our target…
… for electric vehicle pilot project; carbon literacy training for staff; tree planting; i-Trees study; engagement with faith networks and the Cool youth programme. The key climate emergency actions are funded through a combination of support from the CE budget, individual service areas and external funding. There is an established Climate Emergency team, headed by the Climate Emergency Manager, whose role…
… Emergency Action Plan goals and objectives are reflected in the statement. WS11 - Carbon Capture In 2021, a Landscape Manager (tree strategy) was appointed to help deliver the council's Tree, Woodland and hedgerow strategy. Implementation of the council's target to plant 210,000 trees by 2030, remains on target with 21,527 trees being planted in 2021/22. Overall there were 26 community planting events…
… in 2022. The ’COOL’ strand is now delivered in schools as part of the Ecoschool programme and we are back to full in person delivery of teacher training on environmental topics such as energy, transport and future planning. A project was undertaken to raise awareness and increase knowledge and understanding around increased tree planting for schools. A ‘Tiny Forest’ was planted at Citrine Park…