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Video update on the status of our Ecuadorian project
In the spring of 2024, journalist and filmmaker Mads Haukrogh and our project manager Søren Hoff Brøndum visited our afforestation activities with the Shuar Indians in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Here, we have planted more than 100,000 balsa trees in five villages in previous deforestation. The balsa trees capture large amounts of carbon and provide financial … Continue reading Video update on the status of our Ecuadorian project
Growing Trees Network award winner!
It is with pride that we can announce that we have received the following award from EU Business News’ Scandinavian Business Awards 2024. Most Impactful Afforestation Initiative 2024 – Denmark EU Business News was created with the vision of informing and helping companies to be recognised for their success. The EU is a vital and … Continue reading Growing Trees Network award winner!
CEO Kim Nielsen speaking at afforestation conference
On 29 November 2023, Growing Trees Network was invited to provide our input and recommendations on how to achieve the government’s goal of 250,000 hectares of new forests in Denmark. The questions were many: Who will raise all the new forests? Where should the forests be located? What are the incentives to raise forests in … Continue reading CEO Kim Nielsen speaking at afforestation conference
Celebration our 10-year Anniversary
Thank you to everyone present for contributing to our 10th anniversary! The celebration of the anniversary took place on May 13th 2023 at various locations in Aarhus municipality, exactly on the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of the very first Forest planted in Beder called Egelund Forest. In 2013, we, Lars Heiselberg Vang Jensen and … Continue reading Celebration our 10-year Anniversary
Planting trees with Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II
Celebrating the 80th birthday of the Danish organization Børneringen, they donated 10,000 trees to Lønsgaard Forest – part of Æbelholt Forest. The forest inauguration was held at their Nature & Science Festival, where the children hand-planted the first 1,000 trees together with their patron Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II. Many thanks to Her Majesty for … Continue reading Planting trees with Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II
Denmark plants Trees – the first telethon focusing on the climate
On September 14th 2019, we participated in the fundraising show Denmark Plants Trees, organized by TV2 and the Danish Society for Nature Conservation (DN). Here, more than DKK 20 million was collected for the establishment of new forests in Denmark. We would like to thank TV2, DN and not least the production company TiKi Media … Continue reading Denmark plants Trees – the first telethon focusing on the climate
Lars speaking at EU conference
”Our Forest, Our Future – sustainable forest management to address societal challenges” is the headline for EU’s conference in Brussels on April 25th and – 26th 2019. Topics of the conference include: • The contribution of forests and the forest-based sector to the EU’s priorities and objectives. State of play of the review of the … Continue reading Lars speaking at EU conference
Growing Trees Network wins Groundwater Award in 2015
It was with great pride that we received VandCenter Syd’s Groundwater Award 2015, just 2 years after we succesfully established the first forest with our partners. The road to get there was not easy, so to be awarded the award so early in our process was a recognition that motivated us going forward. VandCenter Syd … Continue reading Growing Trees Network wins Groundwater Award in 2015