With climate change a serious concern for all, The King's School, Gloucester is keen to play its part in the battle against global warming.

One way to do this is by planting trees - this helps to capture carbon emissions, alleviate global warming and conserve wildlife habitats for future generations.

On Monday, December 2, King's started to plant more than 720 trees and hedges around its grounds as part of a carbon off-setting initiative, in conjunction with Carbon Footprint Ltd who have supplied all the plants.

The trees are all native species and include wild cherry, crab apple, hazel, field maple, rowen and spindle bush as well as beech hedging. This is in addition to over 400 trees that have already been planted around the school this year.

The plants at King's will be absorbing the CO2 of numerous businesses, including those of Lakes Showering Spaces at Tewkesbury who have bought 200 of the trees and hedges and will be sending a team to help plant them at King's on Monday.

On average every tree absorbs one tonne of CO2 over a lifespan of 40 years - equivalent to the emissions of 160 cars in a year.

The new trees and hedges around the school grounds will provide many other benefits to the children, including improving the air quality, creating outdoor learning spaces, offering nectar for bees and engaging young people with the natural world.