Gobi Ambulance to go carbon neutral

Position: 51'19N 0'33W, somewhere South of London .

The Gobi Ambulance is proud to be a carbon neutral project.

We’ll burn around 650 gallons of petrol on our way to Mongolia which will generate 5.8 tonnes of carbon which is just under half of that created by the average family home. It is for this reason we felt whilst raising money of charity, we shouldn’t impact the environment.

We’ve chose to plant some tree’s in Somercombe Wood located in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) on the Somerset/Devon border near Hemyock. It takes its name from the old Saxon word for Summer ‘Samiaco’, from which the name Hemyock is believed to be derived.

At 35 acres, it is a large plantation and incorporates 5 acres of mature woods and wetland. The Madford River forms the southern boundary and the land is broken up by mature hedgerows and several small, revegetated quarries.

The 35 acre plantation will link two much larger areas of woodland to form a single unit in excess of 200 acres, a sizeable forest. Connecting up valuable habitat is a key goal of the Wildlife Trusts so that safe corridors for wildlife are constructed.