Where will the giant banner visit next? New Zealand!!
WELCOME to the #kidscareaboutclimatechange community that has involved nearly 13,000 people from 54 countries so far! What’s happening next? The giant banner will be visiting its 16th nation – New Zealand – in July!!
In October / Nov 2025, we ran the GLOBAL TREE HUG CHALLENGE!! What was it all about? Watch this short 2 min video. Or watch a longer podcast interview. Here is a video of entries for each of the 46 nations! See a WORD CLOUD of why people love trees!
Starting on 10 Nov, timed to match #COP30, the United Nations climate meeting in Brazil, I completed a tree hugging marathon by hugging this tree in Perth, Australia for 7 DAYS. I did this in solidarity with Truphena Muthoni of Kenya who holds the world record for the longest continuous hugging of a tree! Starting on 8th Dec, Truphena will break her world record hugging a tree for 3 days at the United Nations Environment meeting in Kenya!
I did 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 was NPS International School in Singapore! They won a class set of 12 bleachable coral polyps (see kids using them), plus a video explaining coral bleaching from me.
Contact Marji (marjettalp@gmail.com) with questions or if you want the giant banner to visit your school!!
