I am a teacher with 10 years experience, working in a large Junior school in Andover. Thanks to Roots & Shoots and Earthwatch, I was lucky enough to be invited to join an Earthwatch Teach Earth weekend at Wytham Woods in Oxford on 5-7thJuly 2019. Wow, what a fantastic experience! I would really recommend it […]
Our trip to KEW Gardens was very interesting, informative, hot and lots of fun. We started our day by meeting Phillip Turvil (Grow Wild Programme Director), who was incredibly enthusiastic and gave us a whirl wind tour of the grounds. He encouraged us to hug trees and to touch the bark and smell the leaves. […]
Dear Members, It’s hard to believe that we are half way through the year already – and the Summer heat is in full swing here in the UAE. It feels like so much has been accomplished in such a short time – and it has. Just a few of our highlights include our annual awards, […]
Dear Members, It’s hard to believe that we are half way through the year already – Summer here we come! It feels like so much has been accomplished in such a short time – and it has. Just a few of our highlights include our annual awards, both here in the UK and in our […]
My name is Sophie and I decided to raise money for Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots programme because I want the world to know how important is to look after the planet and Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots programme encourages young people and school to actively do this. I wrote to lots of different companies […]
On Tuesday 12thMarch, Winchester College’s Natural History Society welcomed Dr Jane Goodall, for the annual Duncan Stewart Lecture where she addressed an audience of more than 450 people. During her visit, Jane joined 14 local primary and secondary schools, as well as three local conservation charities for afternoon tea. Dr Tim Hands, Headmaster at Winchester […]
In the 9th Beyond COP21 Symposium at Wellington College, over 600 students from 4 schools took part, as well as 20 organisations running workshops and exhibiting throughout the day. The College was honoured to have Her Excellency Guisell Morales, the Nicaraguan Ambassador to the UK, attend as a guest speaker, sharing the initiatives and insights into […]
Late last year, we were delighted to connect with Mr Hsiao from Taiwan. He has run Marathons all over the World and in 2019 he wanted to help Roots & Shoots by running the London Marathon UK! He is a huge animal lover and truly cares for wildlife, so supporting a programme that educates young […]
Chloe Bonner from Accrington St Christopher’s Church of England High School swiped the Most Outstanding Individual Award last year at the Roots & Shoots Awards! And this year, she has been nominated a Diana AwardHolder. The Diana Award is the only charity set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young […]
Raising awareness is challenging and takes time, but for these two 14 years old girls nothing stands in their way! Their love for hedgehogs has inspired so many and have saved the lives of hundreds of these adorable spiky creatures! This is how Kyra and Sophie turned their town hedgehog friendly: – We each set […]
