micro forests for change - fight back for nature!

Like many people, I found the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 in the UK hard going. I worked in advertising and found that I was spending eight to nine hours a day on zoom calls. At the end of the day I was exhausted, even though I'd done no physical activity. 

I'd always been a keen gardener / outdoors type person and realised that I needed to spend more time outside to get through lockdown. I started booking occasional days off from work just to do stuff in the garden. These days and the anticipation of being able to get outside really helped me though the dark months of the 2020 and 2021. 

At a similar time I discovered a part time course - a BTEC in Countryside Management - at Plumpton College in Sussex especially designed for mature students and career changers. I started the course in May 2022 and completed it a year later, spending one day a week on site at Plumpton and one day a week gaining valuable practical experience by volunteering with the Surrey Wildlife Trust or completing course work.

Armed with this knowledge and experience, I started Micro Forests For Change in the Spring of 2024. Nature in the UK is in crisis, we're in the bottom 10% of all countries globally and I want to use the rest of my working life to do something about this. Everyone can make a difference - individuals, communities, schools and companies, whether it's planting a micro forest or other wildlife friendly features such as log piles or ponds. We can fight back for nature and repair the damage that we've done. Email tim@microforests.co.uk to find out how you can fight back for nature. 

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