Over 350 million trees planted in 12 hours in Ethiopia

2019-07-31T11:03:00-04:00

The burst of tree planting was part of a wider reforestation campaign named "Green Legacy," spearheaded by the country's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Millions of Ethiopians across the country were invited to take part in the challenge and within the first six hours, Ahmed tweeted that around 150 million trees had been planted.

The challenge presented to Ethiopian citizens this past Monday encouraged them to plant 200 million trees in one day. In the end, the nation succeeded by planting a total of "353,633,660 tree seedlings in 12 hours."

Ethiopia joined the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative along with 20 other African nations pledging to restore 100 million hectares of land. Ultimately, "the tree planting campaign aims to plant 4 billion trees" moving forward.

Check out this eye-candy architecture from Africa

2017-08-31T12:45:00-04:00

In this round-up of notable architecture in Africa, Wired takes a closer look at projects from Morocco to South Africa, including the Lideta Mercato in Ethiopia by Xavier Vilalta and the Bosjes Chapel by Steyn Studio. As the piece notes, "Contemporary African architecture is extremely varied: it ranges from sustainable rural developments to luxury apartments and offices; from schools and hospitals to swanky safari lodges; and from huge infrastructure projects to makeshift improvisations. In all of these styles is a sensitivity to local traditions combined with on-the-ground ingenuity." It's also quite visually arresting.

Lideta Mercato by Xavier Vilalta. Image: Gonzalo Guajardo

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Over 350 million trees planted in 12 hours in Ethiopia

Check out this eye-candy architecture from Africa