12 Apr
2022
How we travel matters. And in the current, post-pandemic world we're shaping sustainability and responsible travel matters more than ever. The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000km natural wonder of the world across the entire width of Africa - a proactive sustainability effort driven by the Mother Continent. Now, in memory of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of humanity’s great peacemakers, the Tutu Teach Foundation is collaborating with ORGIIS Ghana and Hope Initiatives International to create a Desmond Tutu Peace Forest on Africa’s Great Green Wall. Click here to see the latest Rest of Africa voucher offers on Secret Getaway
The Forest is also a protest against the war in Ukraine and equally horrific but ignored and forgotten conflicts such as Yemen, Syria, Palestine, and the hostilities in Brazil against the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Rain Forest, according to a release posted by ORGIIS on its GoFund Me Page.
View this post on Instagram "The Peace Forest is also a reminder that we must come to our senses and end the war we are waging against the Earth. "The war in Ukraine is unjustified and unjustifiable. The wanton destruction of human life, homes, hospitals, schools and resources is unconscionable. It is also a criminal distraction from the primary war that all humanity should be fighting at this time – human-induced climate breakdown and inequality!" The United Nations has issued its most urgent warning, stating that an IPCC Report shows "humanity is not only missing the targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement but will exceed the 1.5C target in less than a decade, with catastrophic consequences". "Each tree, therefore, on the Desmond Tutu Peace Forest, planted by ORGIIS Ghana, will be a statement of hope for a better world, in memory of the man who described himself as a ‘Prisoner of Hope’. "Each tree will support communities on the frontline of climate change in Africa. And will also support the empowerment of women and the work of justice and peace, so crucial to Desmond Tutu."Read more by Topic: