Environmental Prizes & Competitions

FactoryForest Guide to 2026 Environmental Prizes & Competitions

Celebrating the innovators restoring our natural world Environmental prizes & competitions play a powerful role. They offer recognition, funding, technical support, global visibility, and the opportunity to scale what already works. Across Africa and around the world, hundreds of environmental organisations and community groups are quietly restoring landscapes, reviving ecosystems, protecting wildlife, and strengthening climate …

How to Read a Product Label: Your Quick Guide to Eco-Smart Shopping

How to Read a Product Label: Your Quick Guide to Eco-Smart Shopping

Eco-Smart Shopping, or shopping sustainably, can feel overwhelming, especially when so many products claim to be “green,” “eco-friendly,” “natural,” or “sustainable.” How do you know which products truly support the environment and which are just clever marketing? This guide helps you decode product labels, spot greenwashing, and make informed choices that genuinely benefit the planet. …

Hope in Motion: Five Recent Climate & Restoration Victories You Should Know

When we look at global headlines, it often feels as though the natural world is slipping beyond our reach and that the challenges are so overwhelming we can only shut our eyes, with the hope that when we open them again, things will have changed. Fortunately, we can keep our eyes open, as beneath the …

FactoryForest – 2026 Forest Patron Grant Call Watch-List

Small Acts. Shared Purpose. Global Impact. Introduction Across Africa and around the world, thousands of dedicated organisations are quietly restoring landscapes, protecting species, and helping communities live in balance with nature. Yet, while their work transforms the world around us, many still struggle to find the right funding and partnerships to sustain it. The FactoryForest – …

Top 10 Funding Calls for African Environmental NGOs (2025 Edition)

Small Acts. Shared Purpose. Global Impact. Across Africa, extraordinary people and organisations are repairing ecosystems, restoring biodiversity, and redefining what sustainability means in practice. Yet, even the most impactful initiatives often face a common challenge; finding the right funding partner at the right time. To make that journey a little easier, FactoryForest has compiled a …

Greening Classrooms. Children come together to water plants for the betterment of their community and for themselves.

Planting Futures

How FactoryForest Schools is Greening Classrooms and Growing Communities. At FactoryForest gardens, we believe every child and young person deserves access to nature. We belive schools are the perfect place to nurture that connection. That’s why we created FactoryForest Schools. It’s a groundbreaking initiative that brings lush, meaningful green spaces into educational environments. Especially where …

The Rise of the Pocket Forest​

Across urban environments globally, a quiet movement is gaining momentum – the rise of Pocket Forests. Also known as micro, or tiny forests, these are densely planted green spaces that mimic the biodiversity, structure, and resilience of a natural forest, albeit in very compact areas. Inspired by the methods of Japanese botanist Dr. Akira Miyawaki, …