As part of the 'Future of UK Treescapes' programme, we have recently launched a site to support the 'Treescapes: Voices of the Future' project treescapes-voices.mmu.ac.uk
The website was built in Drupal 9, and integrates with the H5P open source project to provide educational, communication and engagement resources. It also allows project investigators to curate a bibliography documenting the output and impact of the many work packages within the project.
As with many of our products, the site includes core management and communications features, such as news and blog articles, mapping, events, publishing workflow and layout design.
About the Project
Voices of the Future will link young people’s hopes to ground-breaking science on how trees adapt to and limit climate change. In addition to this, researchers will look at how we can change the present and reimagine the future of treescapes for the benefit of the whole UK.
“We will work with young people to develop more accessible, resilient treescapes of the future that can be enjoyed by more people. We cannot have sustainable treescapes without equipping young people with the tools to plan better environments.”
– Professor Kate Pahl, Project Lead
In order to do this, researchers will bring together children, Natural England and Community Forests to look at how young people connect with our woods, forests and trees. They will listen to the ideas and experiences of children from early years up to secondary school age. And critically, children with limited access to treescapes will be included – such as those from racialized, migrant-background, and socio-economically disadvantaged communities.
The results will inform educational policies, teacher training, urban planning and treescape design. In the end, this project hopes to show that treescapes are not just environments to consume, but are spaces of connection, involvement and hope.