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A letter from

our guest editor

Jodie Morris
Regional Education Manager (North Wales)

Size of Wales

Eco-Schools Wales and Size of Wales teamed up to
bring YouthCOP Cymru to Cardiff and Wrexham during Wales Climate Week
(5-11 November)! This term’s guest editor is Jodie from Size of Wales, who
will introduce you to their amazing work.

Hi, I’m Jodie, part of the Education forests is essential if we want to be
team at Size of Wales. a globally responsible nation, limit
I am passionate about young people global temperature rises and tackle
feeling inspired and empowered the climate and nature emergency.
to use their voices and to ensure Funded by the Welsh Government,
that the world is a better and more Size of Wales’ education programme
sustainable place to live in now and delivers workshops to over 200
in the future. schools across Wales on the role
of tropical forests, biodiversity
I believe that trees and forests are
the heart of our planet, beyond and nature loss, climate change,
their environmental role, trees Indigenous Peoples and climate
bring peace and beauty to our lives, justice.
offering spaces to reconnect with We also run a Deforestation Free
nature and reflect on how vital they Champions campaign that enables
are for a healthy future. Protecting schools and communities to
them means protecting ourselves for work together to investigate the
generations to come. everyday commodities causing
Size of Wales is a charity that was set deforestation and empowering them
up in 2010 to protect and restore an to take positive action to reduce
area of tropical forest equivalent to the forest-risk commodities in their
the size of Wales. Protecting tropical communities.