Our strategy shares our plans for the future
What we do
It has never been more critical to provide access to green space and to engage people deeply with nature – both for their own wellbeing and to inspire action to protect the natural world for the future.
Demonstrate
We care for and improve the spaces we manage for sustainability, biodiversity and to support healthy communities.
Engage
We engage and inspire people with the environment, empowering us all to make change happen for people and the planet
Influence
We influence decision makers so that more people can access and engage with diverse green spaces.
Our projects
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How we Farm
Healthy soils are critical to the management of our farm and the impact it has on biodiversity and human health. -
New to Nature
Earth Trust is proud to be among the first wave of host organisations offering a role for the National Lottery funded New to Nature programme. -
Growing Places
The Growing Places project aims to give some of the most disadvantaged people in our communities a greater connection to their local landscape. -
Biodiversity in Woodlands
With funding from the DS Smith Charitable Foundation, we've created interactive resources that enable schools to deliver workshops on the biodiversity of woodlands. -
Best practice management of grasslands and wildflower meadows
With funding from Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) developing best practice management of wildflower meadows and grasslands. -
Biodiversity monitoring at River of Life II
Earth Trust and UKCEH are monitoring biodiversity at the River of Life II wetlands habitat by the river Thames in Oxfordshire. -
Farm carbon audit
Earth Trust are carefully monitoring our carbon impact, creating a baseline from which to improve. Initial carbon audit of farm operations show we're carbon negative. -
River of Life ll
River of Life ll follows the success of our first wetland habitat creation, River of Life, on the banks of the Thames near Shillingford. This project will transform three locations along the River Thames and Thame, working in partnership with two other landowners – Church Farm Partnership and The Hurst… -
Wetlands Soil Carbon Research
We want to explore how the new wetlands we have created along the banks of the River Thames are impacting the wider environment and, importantly, how they sequester carbon. -
Project Timescape
Supported by the Heritage Lottery fund, Project Timescape explored changes in the Oxfordshire landscape and engaged the public in findings via a new type of museum, at Hill Farm, Little Wittenham - now the Earth Trust Centre. -
Invertebrate Tales
The Invertebrate Tales project aimed to inspire interest in invertebrate biodiversity in woodlands. -
Dig Ventures Archaeology
Archaeological excavation confirmed that people have lived and worked around the Wittenham Clumps from Bronze Age to end of Roman period.