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

WELCOME to the #kidscareaboutclimatechange GLOBAL TREE HUG CHALLENGE!! What’s it all about? Watch this short 2 min video. Or watch a longer podcast interview. And yes, you can still UPLOAD YOUR TREE HUG PHOTO if you haven’t yet.  Here is a video of entries for each of the 42 nations!

 

Starting TODAY 10 Nov, timed to match the United Nations climate meeting in Brazil, I will do a tree hugging marathon by hugging this tree in Perth, Australia, starting at 11:00 am. 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 – she will start on 13 Nov.  I will hug my tree for a full week so that I can overlap with Truphena and we can finish our marathon tree hugs together.

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 + 8,992 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!!

927

minutes of tree hugging

46

countries
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte D'Ivoire, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam

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schools

  • Pearl J.
    Cameroon

    I love trees because they produce fruits, makes the environment green, and blow fresh air. I love to plant trees and see it grow

  • Melissa M.
    Sydney, NSW
    Australia

    I love trees because they touch something deep in me that feels both ancient and familiar. When I’m around them, my whole body softens. My mind stops buzzing, my breathing slows, and I feel like I can finally hear myself think. There’s something grounding about standing next to something that doesn’t rush, doesn’t bend to…

  • Adam S.
    Washington, UK
    United Kingdom

    They provide us with everything we need for the basics of survival – Shelter, fire, oxygen

  • Mita B.
    Kent Road Public School
    Sydney
    Australia

    At this time of year, jacarandas burst into flower all across Sydney. We are lucky to live next a park lined with them – here at my 3 kids (aged 11, 9 and 3) hugging them on the school run.

  • Harry M.
    Perth, WA
    Australia

    They provide habitat for lots of different creatures.

  • Leonie V.
    Malanda , Queensland
    Australia

    I love trees for so many reasons: as individuals I think they are remarkable stately beings; whose leaves whisper in the wind stories of life they have seen. Their roots join with others, creating networks of connections that we can’t barely comprehend.

    Together, trees form a variety of forests – living buildings for 1000s of other…

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