Trees for Life environmental policy

Here at Trees for Life we are looking at the sustainability of our operations, from an environmental, economic and social perspective.

• We understand that we are part of bigger living systems.
• We recognise our role as polluters.
• We reduce, reuse and recycle as much as possible.
• We use locally produced goods and services where we can.
• We build trusting and collaborative relationships with others.
• We learn from our mistakes as well as our successes.
• We make our events and facilities accessible to a wide range of people.
• Most of our staff cycle or walk to work and we participate in the Cycle Scheme (www.cyclescheme.co.uk)
• We share vehicles where possible and encourage volunteers coming on our programmes to travel by train and bus. We hold some meetings via Skype to cut down on travelling.
• Our main office at Findhorn benefits from electricity supplied by the community's wind turbines.
• We endeavour to use healthy and unprocessed ingredients where possible and to introduce volunteers to the benefits, both to them and the environment, of a vegetarian diet.
• There are four key ways in which we work to improve the lives of people in our community:
  • We plant trees and protect wildlife sites.
  • We encourage active citizenship and volunteering.
  • We create opportunities for learning.
  • We support members of our community to develop their health and well-being.

 

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Created: 31 May 2007

Last updated: 11 January 2012