Be a Voice of the Forest

Forests Without Frontiers (FWF) was birthed through music. While recording elders in the forests of Romania for her first album, founder Nicoleta Carpineanu (aka Nico de Transilvania) saw the devastating deforestation of the local mountains and decided to donate sales of the album to the planting of trees in the area. She established FWF in 2019 to restore and celebrate nature with the help of music and arts. We use this model – that artistic projects can raise awareness about the plight of nature and help fund its restoration – in all that we do. We take a whole ecosystem approach - supporting trees and forests, wildlife and people, music and art – all at once. FWF recognises that cultural and ecological ecosystems are intertwined and interdependent.

In this way, we bring people back to nature – recording traditional musicians outdoors in local forests, creating soundscapes to capture the beauty and tranquillity of endangered landscapes, preserving traditional songs and folklore, engaging elders and youth in creative projects, hosting nature connection events – all while planting trees and supporting critical landscape restoration.

We have planted over 200,000 trees in Romania and the UK and taken 100s of people to connect with nature on planting and tending days. We are not separate from nature and must care for the whole, for the good of people and planet.