Environmental projects

	The Azolla plant is grown in the rice paddies to reduce the need for weeding and to increase the overall rice yield. This is vital in the areas of India where food shortages and malnutrition are commonplace

Onaway supports a wide range of environmental projects including:

• Compassion in World Farming
• ICT SEEDS Project
• Indus valley, India
• The Woodland Trust

"All Onaway projects are investigated prior to being funded to ensure they are, and remain, environmentally-friendly and in harmony with Nature."
David Watters, Onaway Trust administrator

Onaway has provided ongoing funding to the Woodland Trust for the restoration of Britain's indigenous woodland areas and in 2003 made a grant of £5000 for the PAWS restoration work at Nidd Gorge and the pilot planting scheme at Cleatop Wood - both in the Yorkshire Dales. See www.woodland-trust.org.uk for more details.

Onaway has also previously supported E/The Environmental Magazine - see www.emagazine.com

Last year, Onaway made a grant to support the work of the Butterfly House in Wales. The Butterfly House exhibits a collection of exotic plants and butterflies. Visitors are free to walk among the butterflies or take guided tours by trained biologists. The display allows people to experience first-hand some of the most beautiful life forms on earth. Together the plants and butterflies form a mini-working ecosystem - providing a wealth of examples of ecology and evolution. For further details see the website of the Magic of Life Butterfly House.

The Onaway Trust is a registered charity - number 268448.