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Plant-for-the-Planet
Plant-for-the-Planet is an organisation that aims to raise awareness amongst children and adults about the issues of climate change and Globalization, global justice. The Initiative also works to plant trees and considers this to be both a practical and symbolic action in efforts to reduce the effect of climate change. In 2011, it reached a goal of planting a million trees. The organisation is part of the Partner Circle of the Foundations Platform F20, an international network of foundations and philanthropic organizations. Origin The idea for Plant-for-the-Planet was first developed in Germany in 2007 by Felix Finkbeiner, a nine-year-old boy. It was when Finkbeiner's teacher set the assignment to prepare a school report about the issue of climate change, that was first inspired. While conducting his research he came across the story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Kenya who had worked to plant over 30 million trees across Africa as part of her "Green Belt M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant-for-the-planet At COP-Cancun
Plant-for-the-Planet is an organisation that aims to raise awareness amongst children and adults about the issues of climate change and Globalization, global justice. The Initiative also works to plant trees and considers this to be both a practical and symbolic action in efforts to reduce the effect of climate change. In 2011, it reached a goal of planting a million trees. The organisation is part of the Partner Circle of the Foundations Platform F20, an international network of foundations and philanthropic organizations. Origin The idea for Plant-for-the-Planet was first developed in Germany in 2007 by Felix Finkbeiner, a nine-year-old boy. It was when Finkbeiner's teacher set the assignment to prepare a school report about the issue of climate change, that was first inspired. While conducting his research he came across the story of Wangari Maathai, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Kenya who had worked to plant over 30 million trees across Africa as part of her "Green Belt M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
