Our Nature in Harmony Exchange Project youth team had their October session on Saturday 14th. For the first session of the new academic year, we decided to go over some basic ecological theory with them. The weather was good, sunny and mild, so we walked around Harmony Woods, pausing in places to go over several […]
Project: Gombe 60 – In Touch with Nature *Participating Roots & Shoots schools & groups: ‘Andover Youth Shoots’ (now called ‘Nature in Harmony Exchange Project’) – Andover CofE Primary School – Harrow Way Community School – Portway Junior School – Vernham Dean Gillums Primary School – Appleshaw St Peters Primary School Project Aims: This project […]
Andover Trees United held another Peace Day procession in our community planted woodland, Harmony Woods. Since 2018 we have celebrated this day alongside Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots and 100s of other individuals and organisations around the world. Dr Jane Goodall is a UN ambassador for peace and world-leading primatologist who founded the global youth […]
“Andover’s Fun Friday event was really an amazing and important event as we promoted the idea of peace and harmony in the world. Allowing members of the public to create doves ready for the Peace Walk allowed us to show how a community came together. I really enjoyed watching and helping different families creating their […]
Our Nature in Harmony Exchange Project youth team had their August session on Saturday 12th. Here is Kitty’s write-up of it: “Today at the woods we planned our AGM walk for when we do a guided walk to the public. After doing that we practiced identifying trees, and then we talked about our mini projects […]
The Andover Youth Shoots are a group of 13-17-year-olds who regularly volunteer at a local environmental charity called Andover Trees United (ATU). Since 2020 the Andover Youth Shoots have been taking part in an exchange project run by ATU, alongside young people of similar age in Costa Rica from a partner charity called the Corcovado […]
On Wednesday 21st September, Andover Trees United held another Peace Day procession in our community planted woodland, Harmony Woods. Since 2018 we have celebrated this day alongside Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots and 100s of other individuals and organisations around the world. Dr Jane Goodall is a UN ambassador for Peace and the founder of […]
February 2021: “In our February session, we were creating pinch points along our pathways. These are areas where the path narrows and more sections of wildlife are growing around it, creating more surface area for animals to travel and plants to thrive. I personally always enjoy planting trees and this was no different, as we […]
The ATU youth team / Andover youth shoots had a camping trip in Harmony Woods where they undertook a bat survey and a set up a moth trap. Previously they have been learning how to identify trees, and have taken part in various day-time wildlife surveys such as wildflowers, birds, and setting camera traps – but […]
Andover Youth Shoots in joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today. You can see where Andover Youth Shoots is on a map and read about their local environment here.