I would like to share with you my experience in organizing a tree planting campaign last spring, that from the idea till realization was accomplished with my own efforts and enthusiasm! I truly hope that maybe it will bring inspiration for you too, and if you will decide to organize similar action in your community, so not hesitate to contact me to ask some help :)!
So.. about the UNEP coordinated The Billion Tree campaign I get to know accidentely, by surfing on the UNEP homepage..! After getting to know more about this global action, the idea found its feedback in my heart, and inspired me to give my own contribution..
Going through various challenges, by finding the sponsors, helpers, supporters, and finally the trees to be planted, I was glad to start to fulfill my idea in practise! In result on 20th of May 2007 , on a veeery sunny day, with the efforts of international and finnish students of the Univerisyt of Jyväskylä (where I am a student too) we gave a new birth to the cutted forest by planting new 200 trees :)
I was truly impressed about the enthusiasm of the students to participate in the event, and our "tree planting" team represented 17 world nationalities! There were students from Africa, Argentina, China, Japan, Russia, and different European countries (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Hungary, Romania, France, Germany, Austria, Chech Republic etc.)!!! And each of them was happy for the opportunity to plant OWN tree in Finnish forest, and to leave a green and liveable footprint in Finland ... at the same time contributing to the UNEP global Billion Tree Campaign!!
Already a year passed since our little trees were planted, and I believe they survived the winter snow storms, and now are reaching their green tops toward the light of the sun... :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPbfeuXkpPk
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