The Green Wave

What can I do? Other

Category: Environment

When: 12:49 PM May 2, 2008 to 12:49 PM December 31, 2010

The Green Wave is a multi-year tree planting initiative that enables children and youth to make a difference - one school, one tree, one step at a time. It brings together students and teachers from around the world to raise awareness about biodiversity, and the need to reduce its loss. The campaign is an initiative of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and will contribute to the Billion Tree Campaign.

In participating schools, students plant a locally important tree species in or near their schoolyard. On 22 May, the International Day of Biological Diversity (IBD), students around the world will count down to 10:00 local time, when they will water their tree in their respective schoolyards, thereby creating a figurative 'green wave' starting in the far east and traveling west around the world. Throughout the day, students will upload photos and text summaries to greenwave.cbd.int to share their tree-planting story with other children and youth from around the world. An interactive map depicting all the Green Wave trees will go live at 20:10 local time, thereby creating a second 'green wave'.

You can:
- join the Green Wave with your school
- spread the word among all your contacts and to schools
- encourage lots of schools to participate in The Green Wave

Contact information: greenwave@cbd.int

Web link for more information: greenwave.cbd.int

Source: greenwave.cbd.int

by christine.gibb@cbd.int