Supporting trees for Reading

24th January 2021

As well as bringing you beautiful natural craft kits I really want Craft Box Club to be a force for good in the world and have a positive impact on the environment. Until now I’ve focussed on cutting out all plastic from our kits and massively reducing the plastic in our supply chain. However, I want to go further. Like most businesses, Craft Box Club takes from the Earth in terms of resources to make the kits and will contribute a small amount of pollution from sourcing and delivery kits to you. It’s time to start giving back.

what we’re doing

The first big announcement is that, from February 1st 2021, we will be supporting Trees for Reading by sending them £1 for every new subscriber. Trees for Reading is a brilliant project from Ethical Reading. Their aim is to plant more trees in Reading. It’s a fairly new project but they’re already delivering by planting new trees in the urban environment in and around Reading.

Why plant urban trees?

I’ve been looking at carbon offsetting for Craft Box Club. These schemes usually involve planting new trees for a monthly fee. The main purpose of this is to use trees as carbon dioxide absorbing machines to help in the fight against climate change. However, I’ve chosen not to go down that route but instead support this local scheme.

Although the trees planted by Trees for Reading will, of course, absorb CO2 and help to tackle climate change, this is not their main aim. Urban trees, in particular, have additional benefits. They can reduce local temperatures by creating shade, filter pollution, regulate water flow and improve water quality, provide much needed habitats for wildlife and, I think we can all agree, just make the world a nicer place to be! In fact, you can see a measurable positive impact on mental health just from people having more trees in their lives!

How can I help?

If you’d like to find out more about Trees for Reading and find out more about the amazing benefits of urban trees you can do using this link.

If you’d like to get creative and plant trees you can join Craft Box Club today and we’ll send £1 to Trees for Reading.

Thanks so much for your support!