NIKIN AND ONE TREE PLANTED

Earth Day 2019 - NIKIN plants trees with OneTreePlanted in Colorado (USA)

As we have done every year since 1990, the international Earth Day 2019 takes place on 22 April. This year, together with our partner, OneTreePlanted, and many volunteers, we are planting around 5000 trees in the US state of Colorado!

Earth Day 2019 - NIKIN joins in!

As has been the case since 1990, the international Earth Day 2019 will take place every year on 22 April. Earth Day is about strengthening appreciation for the natural environment, but also encouraging people to rethink the way they consume.

This year, together with our partner, OneTreePlanted, and many volunteers, we are planting around 5000 trees in the US state of Colorado! We are very happy to be part of it and to lend a hand and give something back to the earth.

We keep you up to date with this blog and report daily on what we experience during our time in Colorado. Follow us on social media, where we regularly share impressions with you. (Instagram: @nikinclothing , Facebook: @nikinclothing)

 NIKIN AND ONE TREE PLANTED

 

Day: 1: 17 April 2019

06.40 hrs Meeting point at Zurich airport. About thirteen hours later, we arrive in Denver, in the centrally located US state of Colorado, without any major difficulties. At the hotel, Matt Hill and his crew from OneTreePlanted, with whom we will plant several thousand trees at the foot of the Rocky Mountains on the occasion of #EarthDay2019, welcome us. After a cheerful dinner at a local brewery, we soon hit the hay and recharge our batteries after a long day. We are excited to see what awaits us in the coming days!

 NIKIN in Colorado Day 1

 

Day 2: 18 April 2019

Recovered and refreshed, we make our way to downtown Denver, where we meet Matt Hill, founder of OneTreePlanted and his entire crew, and talk about past and future projects. Like us at NIKIN, Matt's team has grown quite a bit in the last year, planting over 1.5 million trees worldwide!

Afterwards we use the free afternoon and lose ourselves in the streets of the 700'000 metropolis in the heart of the United States. Beautiful spring weather draws people outside - so it is not surprising that "Coors Field", the home of the local baseball team, the "Denver Rockies", is very crowded. A new experience for most of us a great experience that even ends with a win for the home team. Tomorrow we leave for the place where we will plant about five thousand trees on 20 April, together with OneTreePlanted and many other volunteers.

 ONE TREE PLANTED Office

 

Day 3: 19 April 2019

At 7.30 a.m., after a half-hour drive, we arrive at the aforementioned tree planting site, on a gigantic area in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. But the now barren and rocky area was not always so lifeless. About nine years ago, a forest fire that was actually controlled and started for ecological reasons got out of hand, completely destroying a large area of forest and eventually leaving thousands of burnt tree stumps in its wake. After a few years of recovery, the time has now come to breathe new life into this dead area with fresh seedlings.

After visiting the tree planting site, we drive through the seemingly endless expanses along the Rocky Mountains to the place where the soon to be released seedlings have grown from small saplings to strong young trees - the Colorado State Forest Nursery. Zach, who is actually a trained chef, now runs the nursery, which raises several million seedlings a year and supplies them to tree planting projects across the USA. He takes us on a tour of the greenhouses, explains how the seeds are planted correctly and how nature is imitated as closely as possible in the nursery - so that as many strong seedlings as possible grow up in as short a time as possible, which can then be handed over to nature.

In the afternoon we visit the local "New Belgium" brewery and enjoy cosy hours in summer temperatures, getting to know our friends from OneTreePlanted better.

 Colorado State Nursery

 

Day 4: 20 April 2019

As the sun rises, we set off for the already explored tree planting site above the town of Boulder, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The preparations are soon completed and the first tree planters arrive punctually at 10 am. About 400 helpers are expected, from young to old, various partner organisations of OneTreePlanted but also many local people who have found their way to the tree planting site. Some of them are not planting trees for the first time - someone declares that he has already planted over 100,000 trees in his life.

Around 5000 trees are being planted today - in ten years a forest will have grown there again. But first the young "Ponderosa Pines" have to be carefully planted in the previously dug hole. Trees are planted for five hours under a scorching sun. Tree experts have chip-tagged some of the saplings so they can return in one, two and five years to see how the planted trees do in their new environment. With the return of the forest, air, soil and water quality automatically improve and provide new habitats for rare wildlife such as the "cougar" cat. Of the 5000 trees, some were most certainly sponsored by our customers.

Cool and motivated people, wonderful weather and a common goal make the Tree Planting Event a complete success and an unforgettable experience. It simply feels good to give something back to nature and it is so much fun!

 Tree Planting Day

 

Day 5: 21 April 2019

Our trip to OneTreePlanted is slowly but surely coming to an end. We totally enjoyed the great time with OneTreePlanted and are sure that these days have strengthened the bond with our tree planting partner even more. Many personal conversations and the mutual exchange give us a good feeling for the further cooperation with OneTreePlanted. We are looking forward to many more joint projects with OneTreePlanted! THANK YOU GUYS!

 

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Thank you guys! What you are doing is just great!

Caroline

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