SKAO staff put policy into action with local tree-planting effort

SKAO volunteers recently braved the stormy weather, lashing rain and ankle deep mud to plant trees on the National Trust’s Dunham Massey estate near Manchester, UK and embody the Organisation’s foundational value of sustainability.

The event was organised by Manchester’s City of Trees charity with local rangers to improve the age diversity of trees on the site, and increase wildlife diversity. At the invitation of web design agency Carbon Creative, Team SKA planted around 150 trees in total, including oak, birch, beech and crab apple saplings as part of a 2,000 tree planting effort that day!

SKAO has been working with Carbon Creative since 2011. The environmentally-friendly agency was set up with a goal to minimise its carbon footprint since the beginning, and has planted a tree for every piece of SKA work undertaken. That’s resulted in more than 400 new trees as a direct result of work provided by the SKA Organisation!

TeamSKA volunteers planting trees at the National Trust's Dunham Massey estate near Manchester, UK.

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