Project update Regenerative Agroforestry: How to store CO2 for thousands of years In freezing Northern Scotland, our Regenerative Agroforestry partners are using a time-tested method to store carbon in the soil for thousands of years.
Wren Climate Fund State of the Fund: January 2021 2020 was a great year for The Wren Climate Fund. Wren supporters helped plant thousands of trees in Scotland and East Africa, protect rainforest in Peru, and delivered clean cooking fuel to Ugandan Refugees.
Clean Cooking Fuel First clean-burning briquettes delivered to refugee families! Our project sent briquettes to 30 families this month. It turns out these clean-burning briquettes prevent more CO2 emissions than we expected.
Tech-enabled Rainforest Protection 2020 review, and the largest win for Panama's indigenous communities in decades In 2020, indigenous communities protected over 15 million acres of rainforest, and the Naso Tjër Di people won the rights to their ancestral land.
Community Tree Planting How tree planting helps African women become community leaders Our partners unlock the leadership potential of African women. Here's the story of one of them.
Regenerative Agroforestry Reviewing a stunning year of growth The Future Forest Company have grown their land, their flock, and their team. Now they're growing their forest: They're going to plant 1 million trees in 2021.
Wren Climate Fund State of the Fund: October & November '20 This month, our projects planted many thousands more trees, and gave us juicy details on how they operate.
Regenerative Agroforestry 4,000 new trees planted, Sea Eagles discovered, and more! Since partnering with Wren in May, Future Forest's agroforestry project has already doubled in size.
Community Tree Planting The surprising power of small groups Over 95,000 farmers are adopting sustainable farming practices by working together in small groups.
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
Project update 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.
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.
Project update State of the Fund: July '20 In July, our projects continue to adapt to the ever-changing COVID-19 environment
Project update 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.
Project update 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.
