Whilst planting trees might seem like an obvious action to tackle the climate and nature crises, there’s more to reforestation than meets the eye. In this episode of Do Something Bigger, from the Carbon Copy Podcast, we meet Carl Rowlinson founder of woodland creation initiative Plant One Cornwall, who shares his story of turning a feeling of helplessness about the world into a positive and impactful county-wide project. We also hear from the aptly named Dave Wood, CEO of Bristol-Avon based Avon Needs Trees; a charity taking an innovative approach to purchasing land specifically for woodland creation and management. 

Listen now to learn: 

• Why simply planting trees does not go far enough. 
• How trees are a fantastic way to engage different people in issues around nature and the environment. 
• The importance of allowing natural species that might be usually considered “weeds” to grow and support young trees. 
• That almost everyone has a favourite tree or trees, if they think about it hard enough! 

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Show notes 

• For a full transcript visit: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/plant-more-trees
• Find out more about planting trees: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction/plant-more-trees 
• Discover all 25 Big Local Actions for climate and nature: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction     
• Listen back to previous episodes of the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://carboncopy.eco/podcast    
• Read about Plant One Cornwall on the Carbon Copy website: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/plant-one  
• Read about Avon Needs Trees on the Carbon Copy website: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/avon-needs-trees  
• Read about finding tree-related action you can take near you via The Woodland Trust: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/campaign-with-us/take-action-in-your-community/  

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