National Tree Week - Planting Trees for Climate Change

by Max Lakutin

This National Tree Week people are coming together to plant trees for climate change and to protect our wildlife.

National Tree Week has been going since 1975, led by the Tree Council it’s the UK’s largest tree celebration launching the start of the winter tree planting season.

‘The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now’ Chinese proverb

Tree Lovers

by Brooke Cagle

Trees are our friends… they give us oxygen, store carbon, improve air quality, conserve water, preserve soil and support wildlife. They also make our environment more beautiful and improve our wellbeing.

The Tree Council have been taking care of our trees since 1973 and have also given us Tree Care Campaign, Walk In The Woods month and Seed Gathering Season

Existing tree planting targets will not help us plant the millions more trees needed to help reduce UK carbon emissions and tackle climate change.

We need to plant around 30,000 hectares of trees every year for the next thirty years throughout the UK - phew that’s a lot of lovely trees!

National Tree Week is an opportunity for everyone to plant a tree and help ensure a tree-filled future. 

The Woodland Trust

by Noah Buscher

The Woodland Trust is calling on one million people to pledge to plant a tree to help fight the climate emergency. Trees are a key solution to climate change, capturing and storing carbon from the atmosphere is vital in the fight.

The 1,000-plus woodlands cared for by the Woodland Trust absorb and lock-up many tonnes of carbon each year in trees, shrubs and soils, but now they need our help.

On 30 November they’re holding a mass tree planting day with events across the country as part of their The Big Climate Fightback campaign, so join in or pledge if you can’t, so they can carry on with their work protecting our woods and wildlife.

what we’re doing - Trees for Cities

by Mikayla \Mallek

We partner up with the guys at Trees for Cities to help breathe new life back into urban areas. For every pair of glasses or sunglasses sold, our friends at Trees for Cities are planting a tree where it's needed most.

From urban forests to the creation of edible playgrounds, Trees for Cities strengthen communities by creating green spaces through volunteering opportunities. Trees for Cities have planted 1,000,001 trees and counting since 1993 and engaged over 80,000 volunteers in their tree planting work.

How to help

Plant a tree, attend a local event, pledge and donate or shop with us and we’ll plant one on your behalf!

Spread the word and be a #TreeChampion this #NationalTreeWeek #EveryTreeCounts

’A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible’

Welsh Proverb

Let’s go get our green on!

Jo

Peep + Trees for Cities

For every pair of glasses or sunglasses you buy...

we plant a tree!

Perfect Partners

We've been searching for the perfect partner for Peep since we launched last April. We knew we wanted to create a business that 'did no harm' to both people and planet.  Now we want to go one better and give something back.

Match made in heaven

Sustainability is at the heart of Peep's ethos and we're committed to preserving the environment. Our dream was not only to show people how beautiful vintage glasses are and save frames from landfill, but also to do good and now we can. We've partnered up with the guys at Trees for Cities to help breathe new life back into urban areas.

See the wood for the trees

Trees are vital to our ecosystem and remove tonnes of air pollution, including carbon dioxide, dust and other gaseous toxins. 

Climate change has caused an increase in pests and disease, which had never previously affected the UK. The impact has been an unprecedented threat to some iconic tree species, including ash, horse chestnut and oak. Planting a range of tree species builds resistance to pests and disease.

For every pair of glasses sold, our new friends at Trees for Cities will plant a tree where it's needed most. This way, we not only help regenerate our tree population, we can bring communities back to nature.

Photo by Jachan Devol onUnsplash

Charity begins at home

We wanted to work with a charity closer to home. Sight charities like Vision Aid Overseas do a fantastic job and are well supported by the optical industry.

We've chosen to work with a smaller greener charity, making a difference on our doorstep.

If you're interested in donating your old glasses to be recycled, visit our Donate page. 

Tree Love

Trees for Cities are a brilliant charity that work both within the UK and overseas to create greener cities.

From urban forests to the creation of edible playgrounds, Trees for Cities strengthen communities by creating green spaces through volunteering opportunities.

Inspiring children to grow and eat good food while connecting with nature.

Photo by Lian Jonkman on Unsplash

Trees are an excellent remedy for improving our mental health and wellbeing. A growing body of research is showing that spending time around trees and nature including 'Forest Bathing' reduces depression and anxiety, especially when combined with exercise.

Trees for Cities have planted over 800,000 trees in cities and we want to help them achieve their next target of 1 million urban trees by 2020.  

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Help us help them meet this exciting milestone by shopping with Peep or making a Donation here.

Jo