This one year Heritage Lottery funded, Embrace Cooperation Ltd (www.myembrace.org) project is run in partnership with Trust for Urban Ecology (TRUE). The project will focus on traditional woodland crafts, environmental conservation, increase awareness of, and encourage participants to maintain and preserve the Dulwich Upper Wood (London) nature reserve site for future generations.

The following woodland crafts and environmental conservation techniques will be covered by the project:

* Wildlife Surveys / Walks
* Small Tree Felling / Coppicing
* Hedge Laying
* Dead Hedge Creation And Maintenance
* Traditional Wooden Fencing
* Glade Maintenance
* Wildlife Pond Maintenance
* Making Bird And Bat Boxes

All these techniques are traditional, sometimes ancient methods of conservation and it aims to encourage wildlife and native plants to thrive.

Project Video: A project video will be created with oral history video interviews being organised. The interviews with wildlife experts and local community members being interviewed. Also project practical conservation events will be videoed to show woodland craft techniques.

Volunteering: There is lots of opportunities for volunteers on this project including:

* Learning practical environmental conservation
* Wildlife surveying /walks
* Graphic design for project flyers/posters
* Admin
* Project blog design / updates
* Myspace / Facebook / other social networks design
* Video film making / editing
* Photography
* Help developing projects

For more details
Phone: 0208 670 1221 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Project Blog: http://embraceenvironment.wordpress.com/