Go Forest, Gent (2026)

23/10/2026

🇮🇳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮.

What if planting a tree could do more than capture CO₂? What if it could also restore biodiversity, improve access to nutritious food and create new opportunities for local communities?

That’s exactly what we’re working towards with our agroforestry project in West Bengal, India, together with our local partner Symagine.

🥳 And we’re making progress!

From 466 to 1,743 trees. Following the first planting season in 2025, we added another 1,277 saplings in 2026, working alongside 20 tribal households committed to restoring nature.

But this project is about much more than numbers.
- Food and livelihoods: Fruit-bearing trees such as mango, jackfruit and guava will provide food and the potential for additional income for local families.
- Biodiversity: Native tree species help restore habitats for birds, insects and other wildlife.
- Climate resilience: Trees improve soil fertility, help retain water and reduce soil erosion.
-Local ownership: By involving communities in planting, maintaining trees and managing local nurseries, we’re investing in long-term impact that grows from the ground up.

Of course, nature restoration comes with challenges. Unpredictable rainfall, strong winds and the need for continuous care remind us that planting trees is only the beginning. Long-term commitment and collaboration are what make the difference.

💪 Every sapling represents a step towards a greener, healthier and more resilient future: for both people and nature.

A big thank you to the local families and our partner Symagine for making this progress possible! And to the companies we work with.

💚 Discover the project and its impact: go-impact.be/en/projects/agroforestry-in-india

www.goforest.be / [email protected]

22/10/2026

🌎 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸.

Last week, we were invited by Polestar and Generation WOW to The Urban Day at Brussels Climate Week, where we had the opportunity to listen to, among other things, a talk by Lies Eeckman, Managing Director at Polestar, sharing her vision for the future of mobility.

🌟 It was a wonderful day surrounded by inspiring female entrepreneurs, and it was great to reconnect with partners, colleagues and clients in Brussels. Thank you for asking us to be co-host and for the invitation, Angelique Foré.

Generation WOW Polestar

19/10/2026

🤝 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.

In our latest video, Bram Maes General Manager at The Hoxton Brussels, shares how they are integrating sustainability directly into their guest and team experience.

For The Hoxton, sustainability is an everyday commitment. They are already:
- Green Key certified
- Operating on 100% renewable energy
- 100% single-use plastic-free
- Offering 30%+ vegetarian or vegan options across all menus to actively reduce CO₂ emissions

Through our partnership, they are taking that commitment a step further, engaging both guests and team members in tangible climate action:
- Skip the room cleanup: Guests who opt out of daily stayover cleaning get a tree planted in their name.
- Sustainable dining: Ordering selected cocktails and vegetarian dishes on the menu directly funds tree-planting initiatives.

🍸Our recommendation? Head up to their rooftop bar for breathtaking views over Brussels, and plant a tree just by ordering a cocktail.

Check out the full video on our youtube channel!

18/10/2026

❤️ 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀.

Last Thursday evening marked the very first gathering of the ‘Breathe for Cancer’ initiative, of which we are proud to be a nature partner.

This initiative brings together stories from people who are currently fighting this terrible disease, as well as those who wish to share their experiences from the past. All with one shared goal: to build a community where people can find support, strength and hope in one another.

Through a dedicated donation page, you can contribute to nature restoration, with half of the donations going towards cancer research through Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG).

📸 Enjoy these beautiful moments with us and help support this incredible initiative. (Photography: Koen Keppens)

Donate here: goforest.be/breathe-for-cancer

15/10/2026

💛 DAG TEGEN KANKER 💛

Leven met en na kanker. Voor zo’n 365.000 Vlamingen is dit vandaag de realiteit. Laten we hen tonen dat ze er niet alleen voor staan.

Vandaag vindt het eerste event van ‘Breathe for cancer’ plaats in Gent. Het is een initiatief waarbij verhalen van mensen gedeeld worden en waarbij er geld wordt ingezameld voor meer kankeronderzoek (CRIG) en voor natuurherstel.

In een open en moedig interview getuigen Mathias en Ilse over het belang van onderzoek en hoe hen dat meer tijd heeft gegeven met hun zoon Tore.

🤍 Bekijk het volledige interview op het Go Forest YouTube Kanaal.

💚 Steun het initiatief hier: goforest.be/breathe-for-cancer

15/10/2026

🌱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁

Last week was Week of the Forest, so we want to highlight some key messages from the FAO report: The State of the World's Forests 2026.

People at the centre
Restoration works when local communities and indigenous people shape it. That is why we always work with local partner organizations. They know the landscape best, are trusted within the community and stay in continuous dialogue with the people living there. Combining Indigenous and local knowledge with science makes restoration stronger.

Balancing ecosystem functions
Forests serve many functions at once. Our projects are located in landscapes where ecological functions, production systems and livelihoods interact, and it is important to approach them in a balanced way. Production in particular is often misunderstood by companies, yet it needs to be part of that balance in forest restoration. Understanding how all these functions fit together is key to restoration that lasts.

Finance that fits restoration
Closing the funding gap will take a combination of public and private finance. At Go Forest we focus mainly on mobilizing private funding. Too often, we still see a gap between how a company impacts and depends on nature and the restoration efforts it supports.

More than hectares
Hectares alone do not show whether ecosystems and livelihoods are recovering. That is why we are developing an additional offering for companies, covering impacts such as biodiversity, water management and soil quality.

Why it pays off for your business
Restoration should be seen as an investment rather than a cost. It reduces physical, regulatory, reputational and financial risks, strengthens your value chain and prepares your company for stricter sustainability requirements.

👉 Read the full blog post: https://goforest.be/2026/10/06/moving-from-ambition-to-impact-in-forest-restoration/
👉 Read the FAO report: https://www.fao.org/publications/fao-flagship-publications/the-state-of-the-worlds-forests/en

09/10/2026

🌱 𝗔𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 (𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝘀) 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Plant a tree with Go Forest and help restore forests across the globe, one tree at a time.

👉 https://goforest.be/webshop/

05/10/2026

🌱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿.

What happens beneath our feet when we walk through a forest?
This Forest Week (happening now!) takes us on an Expedition Forest Floor: a journey below the surface, where soil, roots and ecosystems come together to make forests possible.

The forest floor may seem quiet and invisible, but it is where much of the story begins. And that story looks very different around the world.

- In South Africa, we are restoring critically endangered sand forest in Maputaland. Despite growing on sandy, nutrient-poor soils, this unique ecosystem is home to 84 plant species found nowhere else on Earth.
- In the Democratic Republic of Congo, native trees such as wenge and afromosia are planted on degraded savannah soils. These trees help prevent further degradation and, over time, reduce pressure on the country’s old-growth forests.
- In Madagascar, we are working with the salty mud of Bombetoka Bay. After the area lost 34% of its mangroves between 1990 and 2000, the project is replanting 2.4 million mangroves across 400 hectares. Their roots stabilise the mud and help restore spawning grounds for fish, crabs and shrimp.
- In India, smallholder families in West Bengal’s Jhargram district are planting fruit trees on barren, lateritic soils. The trees help rebuild poor soils while also providing food and income.

👊 These projects remind us that forest restoration is never just about planting trees. It is about understanding the land beneath them, restoring the conditions in which ecosystems can thrive, and creating benefits for people and nature alike.

This Forest Week, let’s look beyond the trees and take a closer look at what lies beneath.

🪱 Welcome to the Expedition Forest Floor.

01/10/2026

🌳 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆.

With the next planting season approaching, now is a good time to start thinking about how your company can make an impact through trees.

And with ‘Week van het Bos’ (Forest Week) starting in just a few days, there’s an even better reason to turn that intention into action.

👊 You can get started in just a few clicks:

Choose how often you want to plant, select the type of project you want to support, and submit your details. From there, we take care of the planting and you can follow your impact through your Impact Dashboard (find examples here: go-impact.be/en/partners).

And if you prefer to talk things through first, that’s just as easy. We’re happy to set up a meeting, understand what fits your business, and help you shape your planting programme for the coming season.

💪 So whether you want to get started in a few clicks or sit down with us first, there’s no need to make it complicated.

🌿 The next planting season is coming. Let’s get your trees planted.
Start online at goforest.be/plant or get in touch with our team via [email protected]

29/09/2026

🌿 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘀 & 𝗜𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿.

As you may have already noticed on our channels, we are proud to be a nature partner of the cancer initiative ‘Breathe for Cancer’.

Last week, we had the honour of speaking with Mathias Sercu and his wife, Ilse Vanbrabant, who lost their son Tore to a rare form of cancer.

💚 It was an incredibly warm conversation with two truly inspiring people. We deeply admire the way they make this difficult topic more open for discussion and create support by sharing their story.

We wish them tremendous strength and are incredibly grateful that, despite all the pain and grief, they have chosen to be ambassadors for Breathe for Cancer.

In this short video, they explain why they find trees so powerful.

🥰 Would you like to watch the full conversation?
https://youtu.be/VOdvYZnhm_I

Learn more about the initiative here: https://goforest.be/breathe-for-cancer/

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