Romania and Cuba are active!

We have 23 days left before ENO Tree Planting Day 2007. Many schools are still on vacation or have just came back to school here in Europe. Despite that, over 300 schools have already registered. It has bee amazing to see the activity level in Romania and Cuba.

About 130 schools from Romania have registered, from kindergarten to high schools. All the 73 schools (UNESCO ASPnet) will join this day.

Our aim is to get at least 1 000 schools involved. Are you interested? Please register here.

The list of registered schools ( today at 8:27 AM/UTC)

ENO Tree Planting Day and 10 000 trees in Kenya!

Three ENO schools will organise a massive tree planting day in Rachuonyo District, Kenya! Nyanduma school, Nyabera school and Rawinji school aim to complete the planting of
10 000 trees by CATEKS, pledged towards reduction of climate change. Thanks to their ENO teacher, Rapemo Odhiambo.

Tree Planting posters in different languages

ENO 2007 Ağaç Dikme Günü

Latest translation in Turkish by Berna Kurt. See "Language Packs" on the left column.

Dia de Plantio de Árvores ENO 2007

ENO Teacher Dulce Casarin sent the latest language pack in Portuguese, see here.

Logo for ENO Tree Planting Day 2007

Updates in language packs and participants

Today we have information and instructions for ENO tree planting day available in following languages:

• English
• Finnish
• French (by Salimate Sene, SN03)
• Greek (by Konstantinos Ntinou, 2nd Gymnasium of Kilkis)
• Macedonian (by Natalija Aceska, MK02)
• Polish (by Joanna Kijewska, PL01)
• Romanian (by Ileana Rusenescu, School 205)
• Russian (by Olga Yevstifeyevam RU03)
  

We look forward to get more. If you are interested in volunteering please send email to mika@enoprogramme.org

National Tree Planting Day in Australia

National Tree Planting Day in Australia was on Sunday the 29th July. School’s tree planting day was on Friday the 27th of July. A local environment group called LINKS & BEN (Ballarat Environmental Network) asked the school along to a local tree planting in Buninyong. So 40 Buninyong Primary School students and 2 staff members walked up to Mount Innis which is about a 15 minute undulated walk to an area that overlook the township of Buninyong.

Students planted a variety of natives including silver wattles, native bushes and grasses. All these plants were once prolific in the area but due to the gold mining era in the 1850’s and subsequent population of the area they have diminished in their numbers. The students planted 300 plants in a two hour period. The ground was very rocky due to the site being close to a very old volcano. The trail where we planted the trees along is part of a wildlife corridor that provides shelter for Koalas that travel up and down Mount Buninyong, which is the largest Mountain that overlooks our township. The mountain is probably not as big as those in Europe.

The students had a wonderful time and speak fondly of their experience and the opportunity to do something very positive for the environment and its inhabitants. If anyone would like any other information about this project, then just email on the address below. There is a page of photos of the event below.

Mr Paul Wilson Grade 4 Teacher
Buninyong Primary School
Simpson Street
Buninyong
Victoria
Australia 3357
Email: Wilson.paul.j@edu.vic.gov.au

Mr Wilson hammering in stakes around the tree and then a plastic guard is placed on the outside of the stakes.

Another site lower down the mount planted with some trees and native grasses.