GLH Core Activities
May 2025:
GLH team had the pleasure to spend some time with the philosopher Markus Gabriel and his colleagues. Visiting the survivor trees we talked not just of the hibakujumoku but also of life, politics, history, culture, war and peace. Philosophers, like trees, are essential to humanity!
May 2025:
Our partner in Italy, Prof. Antonio Brunori and other members of PFEC including Marco Bussone, Ana Belén Noriega, and Makiko Horio came to Hiroshima on May 14. We presented Antonio to master gardener Chikara Horiguchi—and soon they became best friends, despite the language barrier—language of trees truly universal! We also learned so much from Antonio, whose passion for and knowledge about trees impressive, and are looking forward to more cooperation in the future around the hibakujumoku. Attached press release from PEFC in response to the earlier awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, including information on their activities related to the hibakujumoku seeds and second-generation saplings. Thanks to the passion and dedication of Antonio and Tiziana Volta, as well as their many colleagues and associates, 49 trees from GLH seeds have been "adopted" all over Italy to date.
May 2025:
The Elders visit the hibaku-Aogiri trees. On the sidelines of The Elders' meeting forum in Hiroshima they took a few minutes from their busy schedules to visit the Aogiri grove, with two hibakujumoku and one 2nd generation tree. Was wonderful to see how quickly The Elders understood the power of the trees and the urgency of the Green Legacy Hiroshima message. They are truly our wise Elders!
May 2025:
Photos of the Persimmon Journey
Our Master Gardener, Chikara Horiguchi, harvesting persimmons from the same mother tree (this season); Nassrine Azimi and Joe Dewolf with the saplings at the San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG); bamboo fortresses Joe made for the safe shipment to New York City; sapling arrive at UNHQ waiting to be planted; and Junko Shimazu, representing GLH, here with Nicole Gordon, daughter of Beate Sirota Gordon.
