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Biodiversity loss means more climate chaos. What can we do?
A few weeks ago, I gave a talk on biodiversity at the Farnham Sustainability Festival, and wanted to share the key points from my...

Karen Bishop
Jul 17, 20234 min read
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End of Year two, and thousands more trees planted
We've had a busy few months since Christmas planting trees in Headley Down Nature Reserve (HNDR), Farnham and Wales (twice), plus holding...

Karen Bishop
Jun 6, 20234 min read
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Farnham now has a seed bank!
On November 1st we launched a seed bank at the Maltings Arts and Cultural Centre in Farnham, to help increase biodiversity in gardens. It...

Karen Bishop
Nov 9, 20221 min read
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Ensuring Green Up Britain is a sustainable business
A couple of weeks ago I (Kaz) was lucky enough to complete the BEC (Birmingham Enterprise Community) Sustainability and Circular Economy...

Karen Bishop
Nov 9, 20221 min read
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How to collect and store seeds
I've never collected seeds before, and since we're installing a seed bank in Farnham soon, I thought I'd write a post to help anyone who,...

Karen Bishop
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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We're buying a Seed Bank to Green Up Farnham...
...and increase biodiversity in our town. On November 1st we'll be placing a lockable seed bank at Farnham Maltings, for people to swap...

Karen Bishop
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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What is biodiversity and why is it important?
Biodiversity or 'biological diversity' encompasses all living organisms (animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms plus the diversity...

Karen Bishop
Oct 15, 20223 min read
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What are seed balls? And how do you use them?
Seed balls (aka seed/bee bombs) are brilliant. I've used seed balls many times now, and can honestly say they're a great way to grow...

Karen Bishop
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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We've teamed up with Healing Frequencies to plant 100s of trees this autumn
Have you ever tried sound bathing? I have and it's a great way to unwind. Tess, Founder of Healing Frequencies in Farnham, uses Tibetan...

Karen Bishop
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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We planted fruit trees with top Chef Gaz Oakley
A couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of meeting plant-based chef, Gaz Oakley, when we planted a mixture of fruit trees in his garden...

Karen Bishop
May 12, 20221 min read
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Can we plant our way out of the climate crisis?
On land, plants (particularly trees) are our most precious carbon sink, actively taking CO2 out of the air and producing O2. They offer...

Karen Bishop
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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300 trees planted in Cardiff
With the help of Coed Caerdydd, and Cardiff Council, we have been able to Green Up Plymouth Great Wood and Trelai Park in Ely, Cardiff,...

Karen Bishop
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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Our biggest tree plant yet - 2,300 for Volvo!
We had the best time in Dinas Mawddwy, north Wales last weekend, where we planted over 300 metres of species-rich hedgerow along a patch...

Karen Bishop
Mar 10, 20222 min read
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What happens at a 1.5, 2 and 3ºC increase in temperature?
We're already at a 1.2C (degrees Celsius) increase in average global temperature, verses pre-industrial levels, and are witnessing the...

Karen Bishop
Nov 24, 20213 min read
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Corporate planting has begun!
We had a really lovely weekend planting trees with with the wonderful team (Jo Ballard, Danni Cross, Dan Davies and son Ethan) from...

Karen Bishop
Oct 18, 20211 min read
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85 trees planted in Farnham
What a weekend we had at the end of September (25th & 26th) in Farnham Park. We were so lucky with the weather, and had lots of fun...

Karen Bishop
Oct 13, 20212 min read
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Why do I keep finding bees on the floor?
See nine ways to help bees right away.

Karen Bishop
Jul 18, 20212 min read
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Green Up Farnham
What a great day yesterday, tipping with rain yet it didn't deter people's spirits. Thank you to all who came to see us at Picnic in the...

Karen Bishop
Jun 28, 20211 min read
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21 things to do right now to help combat climate change
As more and more apocalyptic scenes were witnessed last year - think wildfires, locust plagues, flooding, ice melting, coral bleaching...

Karen Bishop
Jan 14, 20215 min read
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