Flying Forest plants trees to help neutralise carbon emissions created by flying.

Whilst planting trees is not the complete solution to global warming, it helps. And the planet needs every assistance we can give it.

But there’s more to Flying Forest than just protecting the planet.

Floating Forest

While the emissions caused by aircraft have attracted considerable publicity, those created by shipping have largely escaped attention, until recently. Responding to a number of approaches to do something about this issue, Flying Forest is about to launch Floating Forest.

Floating Forest aims to offset some of the emissions created by the shipping industry and will embrace all elements of the industry, i.e. cargo vessels, tankers, cruise liners, ferries and leisure craft.

Floating Forest is already attracting enthusiastic support from within the industry. Mark Dickinson, assistant general secretary of Nautilus UK, the union for maritime professionals, said  “Floating Forest is a very interesting development one we have encouraged and supported from the outset, and I am hopeful we can become involved on an ongoing basis to ensure it is taken up by the industry.”

The scheme will enable the shipping world to very visibly show the public, governments, clients and passengers that the shipping industry, while vital for world trade, is not unsympathetic to the plight of the planet and is actively doing something about it.

The scheme will not only emphasise the industry¹s vital contribution to world trade but also its commitment to be environmentally responsible.

Floating Forest welcomes contact with people within the shipping industry to discuss this initiative.

To discuss Floating Forest contact info@flyingforest.org

Help us plant as many trees as possible.

Flying Forest have tried to keep contributing to our tree planting programmes as easy and as simple as possible. While we could have incorporated a carbon calculator to give the impression of working out precisely how much you could contribute, we felt this was too complicated and frankly not accurate enough. There are so many variables; how full is the plane, how old is the plane, etc. All of these have a bearing on your carbon footprint.

RETURN SHORT-HAUL FLIGHT £10 ( Approx. €12 / $20)
RETURN LONG-HAUL FLIGHT £20 ( Approx. €25 / $40)

Which? Report on Carbon Offsetting.

The March 2008 edition of Which?, the UK consumer organisation’s magazine, reviewed a number of carbon offset schemes, including Flying Forest. In line with their observations Flying Forest are now able to report that every £10 contributed will enable us to plant a minimum of 4 trees. In some cases, more.

One of the reasons we do what we do.

This is an email we received from Walter Hangula, headmaster of one of the schools where Flying Forest has planted trees:

Dear Colleagues

I have written this piece with two aims in mind, firstly is to thank u for your efforts by donating trees to our school last year November. I¹m happy to inform u that despite problems of water shortages and prolonged drought in our country, at least 60% of planted trees have survived. Those that are doing well are indingenous ones (Plums and Marula trees). Lemons are also doing well as compared to other exotic trees such as Quavas and Pawpaws.

We are facing a challenge of establishing a nursery in terms of financial resources to purchase materials (Fence, poles, wires, etc) to ensure that all trees are protected from animals. It is our hope at school that our cooperation will continue in the new year and you will visit and donate more trees to our school.
Secondly is to wish the whole team at flying forest a blessed festive season in anticipation for a renewed energy for greater cooperation in 2008.

Kindly accept our school's appreciation in all the organisation's endeavor in helping our school with trees and we are looking forward for your support in the new year.

Walter Hangula
Head Master
Okangororosa Combined School
Namibia