How long will I HUG A TREE for? You decide!
WELCOME to the #kidscareaboutclimatechange GLOBAL TREE HUG CHALLENGE!! What’s it all about? Listen to me talk about it on the radio (starting at 00:21:0) or watch this short 2 min video. Or watch a longer podcast interview.
YOU can join by UPLOADING A PHOTO OF YOURSELF HUGGING A TREE by 1st Nov (if your upload fails, email me your entry at marjettalp@gmail.com). 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 each person in each photo that is uploaded! All the photos will be part of our World Record attempt. If you do group photos, please let me know how many people are in the photo.
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!!
