Peace Tree planting

On 18th of August, a small group who had been present at the planting of a Peace Tree in Campinas, Brazil on 25th June 2004, gathered at the Botanical Gardens to plant another Peace Tree in Auroville. 

The Peace Trees programme was the brainchild of Danaan Parry of the Earthstewards Network, who wanted to promote friendly relations between peoples in conflict through the planting of trees together. The first Peace Trees programme took place in Auroville in 1988 and involved teenagers from the U.S., Russia and India. Since then Peace Trees projects have happened in many other parts of the world.