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Kenya Celebrates New Tree-Planting Holiday

NFK Editors — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:30:09 +0000

On Monday, people across Kenya took part in the country's first national tree-planting holiday. The holiday was created by Kenya's president, William Ruto, to encourage people to plant trees as part of a plan to fight the climate crisis.

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Ethiopia Plants 3.5 Million Trees

NFK Editors — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:30:51 +0000

On July 29, the government of Ethiopia said the country planted more than 350 million trees in 12 hours as part of a project called "Green Legacy". The government believes its tree-planting effort has set a world record.

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Fourth-Grader’s Idea Gets 1 Billion Trees Planted

NFK Editors — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:30:15 +0000

When Felix Finkbeiner was nine years old, he told his classmates, "Let's plant a million trees in every country of the world!" Now, 12 years later, his "Plant-for-the-Planet" project has planted over 1 billion trees.

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