Putting Paper Back
Last updated: 07/02/2007 - 10:29
The Chairman and Chief Executive of book publishers Penguin: John Makinson has planted the first of more than 40,000 trees at the launch of the new 'Penguin Wood' at Botany Bay, near Linton in south Derbyshire.
The 96-acre site is being developed in partnership with the Woodland Trust, the UK’s biggest charity dedicated solely to saving woods. The new woodland will be the result of a new approach to woodland creation with a mixture of seeds and saplings planted at the site resulting in over 40,000 trees over the next five years. There will also be pockets of wildflower meadow and grassland left to regenerate at nature’s pace, making the wood rich in wildlife.
Pictured (left to right): John Makinson Penguin Group CEO, Mark Todd MP for South Derbyshire, Sue Holden Chief Executive of the Woodland Trust, Sophie Churchill Chief Exec of the National Forest Company.
John Makinson and colleagues from the Penguin Group were joined at the tree planting by South Derbyshire MP Mark Todd, Woodland Trust chief executive Sue Holden and National Forest chief executive Sophie Churchill as well as local schoolchildren from Kniveton Church of England Primary School who were attending as part of the Woodland Trust’s Tree for All programme. The site will be used to host further planting days for local schoolchildren and the community.
Putting Something Back
John Makinson said: “Penguin is proud to be partnering with the Woodland Trust to develop the Penguin Wood which will deepen our commitment to the environment by putting back some of the trees we use to create our books as well as create a place for future generations to enjoy.”
Woodland Trust
Sue Holden, chief executive of the Woodland Trust said: “The purchase of this site gives us the opportunity to create the ‘missing’ part of the jigsaw of recently created woodland around the village of Linton. For lowland England the opportunity to create a single 650-acre wood is very rare and brings species and wildlife benefits that come with scale. We’re very excited to be working with Penguin to create a new woodland together in the National Forest. It’s going to be a great asset to the people of Derbyshire, and the Midlands too. As with all our woods, Penguin Wood at Botany Bay will be open free to the public.”
Pictured (left): Nicola Harrison and Kate Grove from Penguin join the tree planters.
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. It has 300,000 members and supporters. The Trust has four key aims:
Established in 1972, the 'Trust now has over 1,000 sites in its care covering approximately 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres). Access to its sites is free.
Penguin Books operates an active Eco-Committee and is committed as an organisation to tackling climate change and other environmental issues, working to offset carbon emissions from flights taken by its employees, is a member of the WWF UK Forest and Trade Network and adopts a paper purchasing policy committed to forest-friendly solutions such as recycled paper and the Forest Stewardship Council system of certification which promotes responsible management of the world’s forests. In addition, all Penguin UK hardback monochrome and trade paperback titles are printed on Forest Stewardship Council certified paper which guarantees that the paper comes from environmentally and socially responsible sources.
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