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 43 of the 46 nations! Soon I will update it to add Cameroon, Finland and Japan! 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. I did this in solidarity with Truphena Muthoni of Kenya who holds the world record for the longest continuous hugging of a tree!
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 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!!
