The Tree Council is an organisation that runs the Force for Nature Campaign. They encourage children to protect their planet by providing a platform for them to speak up about their passions and concerns for nature. They have a special programme that young people can apply for called the Junior Ambassadors. These children have shown a high level of passion and commitment to promoting sound environmental practices and passing on their knowledge to others.
The Junior Ambassadors have to participate in at least one Masterclass and complete a correlating special project. These include an art project, a piece of writing, and composing a song - all of which are inspired by nature.
Nelson Academy is fortunate to have two candidates accepted to this programme. Stephanie from Darwin class and Amelia from Hepworth have both showed outstanding care, commitment, and enthusiasm towards the natural world. They have already completed their art project. Their work that was inspired by a young environmental artist James Owen Thomas, and it was created by using recycled materials onto a photograph. They both started with the same picture of a tree, but as you can see both “branched” out and made unique and individual pieces of art.
