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KWES featured in The Times
March 12th 2017
KWES was featured in The Times on Saturday 11th March 2017 in the Animal Life Register section, page 81. ...
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KWES is featured in the Waitrose Weekend Magazine
February 24th 2017
KWES is featured in 16th February Waitrose Weekend Magazine. It is great to see that KWES is raising its profile in the wider community. 344 WW FEB 16 2017 gardening...
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It is time we all tackled the elephant in the room because the future of all mankind depends on it.
September 27th 2016
Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Released at the world’s largest wildlife trade conference, the authoritative report estimate...
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Over use of words like sustainable breeds contempt.
September 9th 2016
Sustainable has become a buzzword beloved by businesses. They believe it is one of those “gatekeeper” words consumers look for when trying to decide the relative benefit of buying one product over another. It falls into the same category as words like fairtrade, natural, biodegradable and recycl...
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Hinkley Point, environmental stewardship, it’s time for decisive action
August 4th 2016
It is hard to think of a debate that has been quite so divisive to the UK’s energy policy as nuclear power. Those who are pro nuclear power state it is the only viable “clean” alternative to fossil fuels. Those against feel equally strongly that it is an expensive, potentially dangerous soluti...
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KWES is holding an Open Day
July 26th 2016
KWES is holding an Open Day at our Mereworth compound on Tuesday September 6th from 9am to 1pm. There will be a demonstration of woodland product making and an opportunity to find out more about the apprenticeships KWES provides and the work KWES does. KWES is a charity whose objective is to provide...
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Passage To India
July 1st 2016
When Ben Bower, one of our KWES Project Leaders had the opportunity to travel to Kachchh in the state of Gujarat, India and utilise his woodland skills to help the local population, he jumped at the opportunity. This opportunity came about because Ben did his Msc at Greenwhich University and worked ...
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Ash Dieback is the Latest and Potentially the Most Serious Invader from Abroad and Sadly it Won’t be the Last
June 1st 2016
According to government estimates, ash dieback is expected to kill 80 million ash trees over the next 20 years. As a consequence research teams from London and Oxford Universities with the backing of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Forestry Commission are looking to ge...
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