University College London, one of the major universities in the world, has set up its first grove of native trees, the UCL grove.
With this grove, UCL staff and students are offered a simple and convenient way to offset their own carbon emissions such as those incurred during professional and leisure traveling.
UCL and its staff may contribute trees to the UCL grove at a rate of 2-4 trees per metric tonnes of carbon emitted (click here to add trees to the UCL grove). Trees will be planted in batches in Spring and Autumn by the reputable tree-planting organisation, Trees For Life. The “Grove” refers to the trees you contribute rather than a specific physical grove on a hillside. However, all trees will be planted in the Scottish Highlands either in Glen Affric (a picture of which is shown on the website front page) or in Trees For Life’s Dundreggan Estate. TfL runs a volunteers programme and some of your trees will be planted by volunteers, but also by professionals.