Ben Stanfield - Wren Blog

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The Wren Climate Portfolio and the rising cost of high-quality carbon projects

An update on the Wren Climate Portfolio, and the price of high-quality carbon offsets.

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Lifecycle Marketer

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Full-stack Engineer

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Content & Comms Generalist

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Biochar in California

Project founder Josiah Hunt welcomes members to Wren's first U.S.-based climate project

Hello Wren members! I'm thrilled that you have decided to support Pacific Biochar in our carbon removal efforts.

Regenerative Agroforestry

6,000 trees planted in October, and details about the massive potential of the project

Tree planting accelerates and opportunities abound for carbon sequestration in 2,000 acres of new land in Scotland

Clean Cooking Fuel

Approval granted for hydroelectric power source for briquette production

This month, Clean Cooking Fuel for Refugees received approval to connect to a nearby hydroelectric dam for a stable source of renewable energy!

Project update

State of the Fund: September '20

In September, our projects expanded on their operations—purchasing new land and starting new partnerships—and restarted programs previously halted by COVID-19

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Grove monitoring & data collection restarts amid pandemic

The Community Tree Planting project continues to adapt to COVID-19, and at this point has most of their tree monitoring back to pre-pandemic levels. All monitors are provided "COVID-19 Assistance Packs" containing masks and hand sanitizer.

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Marketing Generalist [CLOSED]

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Marketing Intern [CLOSED]

Wren is hiring a full-time marketing intern to help us show everyone what they can do about the climate crisis.

Regenerative Agroforestry

New land acquired in Scotland doubles agroforestry potential

A letter from Jade Read, COO of the regenerative agroforestry project on Wren, talks about newly acquired land and the growth of piglets in Scotland.

Project update

Scaling up the Tech-enabled Rainforest Protection project

The protected rainforest area that Wren supporters have been funding, has completed almost a year of successful community forest protection, maintaining a 0% deforestation rate since mid-2019

Project update

Resuming production and exciting plans for August

The August update from Clean Cooking Fuel for Refugees is here. Read on to learn more about pandemic adaptations and project milestones

Project update

Tree count passes 19m as pandemic adaptations continue

The July update from Community Tree Planting is here. Read on to learn more about pandemic adaptations and project milestones.

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State of the Fund: July '20

In July, our projects continue to adapt to the ever-changing COVID-19 environment

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Newborn piglets will help with forest development in Scotland

We've had a busy month, the highlight being that we've had lots of new piglets born in the forest, almost doubling the size of our herd

Clean Cooking Fuel

Building software to continue briquette production through pandemic

This month, we received a letter from Peter Nyeko, the project lead behind Clean Cooking Fuel for Refugees. We're going to let him do the talking for this update.

Project update

Despite pandemic, our project shows increasing promise and success

Francisco Hernandez Cayetano, President of the Federation of the Ticuna and Yaguas Communities of the Amazon, discusses the effects of the pandemic.

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State of the Fund: June '20

Once a month, subscribers receive a "State of the Climate Fund", like the one below, that breaks down what's happening on the ground across the fund's portfolio

Project update

Maintaining food security during COVID-19

By growing fruit and nut trees on their own land, farmers are not just sequestering carbon—they're providing for themselves.

Regenerative Agroforestry

A personal welcome from project lead Jim Mann

Welcome to the Regenerative Agroforestry project, the newest project on Wren

Community Tree Planting

Planting trees under lockdown

Farmers have done an amazing job of adapting to lockdown. For the first time, farmers across the project are communicating digitally to teach and share tree-planting insights.

Clean Cooking Fuel

An update from Peter Nyeko, project lead of Clean Cooking Fuel for Refugees

Over the past couple months, the briquette facility in Uganda has been operating for 4 hours a day, successfully producing clean burning briquettes from agricultural waste. But in the past couple weeks, COVID-19 has hit Uganda and resulted in a temporary change of plans.