Large-scale problems like global biodiversity loss do not require large-scale solutions. Rather, they require small-scale solutions within large-scale frameworks. HOMETREE works to be one of those frameworks, supporting the real solutions that look like diverse trees, creatures, woodlands and communities. Ireland was once a land of forests. At one time, up to 80% of the country was covered in native wildwood. Irish culture still contains echoes of this, in Ireland’s ‘tree alphabet’ - the ancient Ogham script in the Gaelic names for common trees, and in folklore and song.
Yet today, Ireland is one of the most deforested countries in Europe. Just over 1% of that original forest cover remains. HOMETREE’s vision is to restore Ireland’s ancient wildwood. Through conservation, afforestation and education the aim is to create a landscape in which people and forests flourish, together.
L’OCCITANE X HOMETREE – A History
So far, our partnership with HOMETREE in 2020 raised €10,000 towards 1,200 native trees planted, installed a tree nursery seeding tunnel and 2 beehives.