Ethiopia Says It Planted Over 350 Million Trees in a Day, a Record

[IcyPeas]

17. the trees are indiginous and eco-friendly to the area...

well some good coffee comes from Ethiopia, hope they planted lots of coffee trees.

Great lesson for school kids to learn about climate change and the environment. I would've loved this when I was a kid.

snips from Ecowatch and TreeHugger:

The campaign wants every Ethiopian to plant 40 seedlings during the rainy season, which runs from May to October. In the end, the country will have 4 billion indigenous trees to help mitigate the effects of the global climate crisis.

The Green Legacy project "is an ambitious undertaking to become a green society by planting various types of eco-friendly seedling to combat environmental degradation and, a national platform that will be used for various societal green activities...

More than 400 staff from the United Nations planted trees, along with staff from the African Union, and various foreign embassies in Ethiopia, according to the BBC. Ethiopian Airlines was one of several corporate entities to join the effort.

Canadians headed to Gulele Botanic Garden in Addis Ababa to plant their trees, as did their diplomatic counterparts from Sweden. Israel’s ambassador proudly planted an avocado tree, while the umbrella-toting Belgians planted trees in the rain around their embassy compound.