Archive: November 2021
“Grown in Britain policy for timber in public buildings”
November 5, 2021
In the 12 days of COP26, we’re sharing 12 ideas to help Britain's forests grow. In our series ‘Wood for the Trees,’ we spoke with woodland experts about their hopes and fears for the future of our forests, and asked for one policy suggestion for UK government. Dougal Driver, chief executive of Grown in Britain said “I'd like to...
“Value productive woodlands in creating good quality timber”
November 4, 2021
‘Wood for the Trees,’ is a series of short films about Britain’s forests. We asked experts about their hopes and fears for woods and woodlands, and for one suggestion to help them grow. During COP26 we're sharing these suggestions. Dr Jo Clark is Head of Research at Future Trees Trust, and she spoke with us about her work in part...
“Deliver funding to turn policy into practice”
November 3, 2021
In ‘Wood for the Trees,’ a series of short films about Britain’s forests, we asked experts about their hopes and fears for the future of our woodlands, and for suggestions to secure their future. At Knepp we spoke to Alastair Driver, director of Rewilding Britain, and asked him what part trees play in the rewilding process. He ...
Wood for the Trees
November 1, 2021
In "Wood for the Trees" we asked people working with woods, trees and timber about their hopes and fears for our forests, and for policy suggestions to help them grow. See these suggestions in this 5 minute film: https://youtu.be/RX-LHyo_gJ4 12 Ideas to Help Britain's Forests Grow Create a coherent plan to support nature ...
“Plan to support nature across government”
Through the 12 days of COP26 we’re sharing 12 expert suggestions to help Britain’s forests grow. In Wood for the Trees part 5 we spoke with Gabriel Hemery, of the Sylva Foundation, who called for a coherent, concerted plan to support nature. Dr Gabriel Hemery is co-founder and chief executive of the Sylva Foundation, an environment...
Wood for the Trees, 12 ideas to help Britain’s forests grow
October 27, 2021
Wood for the Trees is a series of films about the future of Britain's forests, from our MD Tom Barnes, and film-maker Charly Le Marchant. In these films, experts from different backgrounds and perspectives talked about their hopes and fears and suggested one policy for the UK government. This five minute film summarises those polic...
Part ten of Wood for the trees, on rewilding
August 9, 2021
Hundreds of people have liked, shared and watched the latest episode of 'Wood for the Trees,' since its release 3 days ago on youtube and vimeo. This series, about wood, trees and tree planting, is a project from film-maker Charly Le Marchant and Vastern Timber managing director Tom Barnes. Part ten looks at rewilding, and was filmed a...
WoodBUILD podcast: Interest grows in low carbon materials
August 4, 2021
The WoodBUILD podcast is hosted by David Hedges at WoodKnowledge Wales, and the latest episode features Vastern Timber MD Tom Barnes, talking about trees and timber with chartered forester, Andrew Bronwin, director of Bronwin & Abbey. In the podcast, Tom Barnes says “The interest is growing in materials that have a negligible car...
Over 15,000 views of ‘Wood for the Trees’
June 3, 2021
Vastern Timber MD Tom Barnes presents "Wood For The Trees," a series of short films about British woods and woodlands, that has over 15,000 views on YouTube. The 9th episode, "Sustainable Forestry and the Need for Nurture" was filmed at the Bathurst estate, in May 2021. The story so far... In part one, Tom introduced the series and ...
Growing improved trees for timber
March 22, 2021
"Using more timber can reduce the carbon costs of construction, but where will the wood we need in future come from? Despite political pledges, there has been very little tree planting in England over the last few decades, and almost none of the wood planted is going to yield any timber in the future." says Tom Barnes, introducing the lat...
