How long will I HUG A TREE for? You decide!

LET’S BREAK A WORLD RECORD TOGETHERfor uploading the largest number of photos of people hugging trees! You can join by UPLOADING A PHOTO OF YOURSELF HUGGING A TREE by 1st Nov.  During the next United Nations climate meeting in Brazil in Nov 2025, I will do a tree hugging marathon by hugging this tree in Perth, Australia, starting at 11:00 am on Monday, 10th Nov. I will do this in solidarity with Truphena Muthoni of Kenya who will simultaneously hug a tree for 72 hours on-site at the meeting in Brazil.  I will definitely hug my tree for 72 hours with Truphena, but will hug the tree for one extra minute for every photograph that is uploaded! All the photos will be part of our World Record attempt.

I will do this to raise attention of decision makers everywhere that kids deserve a safe earth to live on – and that 10,000+ kids from 33+ nations (2,629 kids with drawings on the giant banner + 8,979 kids who have seen the giant banner) have joined this call for action so far!  The school with the most photos uploaded will win a class set of 12 bleachable coral polyps (see kids using them), plus a video explaining coral bleaching from me.  This is for EVERYONE – all ages please join in! A special welcome to kids around the world from Children’s University!!

Contact Marji (marjettalp@gmail.com) with questions or if you want the giant banner to visit your school!!

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minutes of tree hugging

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countries
Australia, Colombia, Kenya, New Zealand, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States

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schools
  • They are beautiful and are a testament to resilience

  • I love trees because they are both the question and the answer.

  • We love trees because of their diversity!

    Northern white cedar tree

  • I love trees because they are a home for all kinds of living things.

  • I love trees because trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

    Hon Tim Clifford MLC, Parliament of Western Australia

  • We love trees because of their diversity!

    Northern white cedar trees

Join us!

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