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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America APRIL 1998 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF OUR READERS AND THEIR FAMILIES! And on April 26, we commemorate the tragedy with no borders — Chomobyl. The National Ecological Centre of Ukraine is a Global ReLeaf partner of AMERICAN FORESTS. Since 1992, the organization has engaged in a project called “The Green Halo of Ukraine”. Because of contributions received through the “Seeds of Hope” projects sponsored by AMERICAN FORESTS, the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine has engaged the private non governmental sector, students from kindergarten through college and individual citizens in tree planting activities throughout Ukraine. Your involvement in this project can turn every day into an Earth Day. Please visit the website for AMERICAN FORESTS, www.amfor.org — Global ReLeaf International — Chomobyl. I would also like to suggest that we as individuals, as parents, as members of organizations, turn this week into a week of positive, constructive actions for the environment. If your community does not have a Chomobyl commemorative tree, maybe this is the time to plant one. A proposal can be made in your community to plant one this year on public land, in a school yard, on the grounds of the public library, in a municipal park. Chomobyl certainly is a critical problem facing our environment and maybe that tree planted in your community can become the forum for gathering, inspiring others to work together to create solutions. Every year for the past seven years the Wash ington community has met at Lafayette Park across the street from the White House to remember the tragedy of Chomobyl. They meet there because, at the initiative of the Chomobyl Committee of Washington, D.C., a Chomobyl commemorative tree was planted there years ago. It’s an interestingly fitting tree, somewhat twisted and gnarled, a distinct “late bloomer”. It looks practically dead on April 26 of any year. Then it suddenly springs to life. The tree serves as the gathering place for people from the Embassy of Ukraine, seminarians from the Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Washington, interested Washingtonians, and even tourists that happen to be passing by. It is a good place to meet. An ecumenical Catholic and Orthodox service is held. It so happens that Arbor Day and Earth Day and the anniversary of the Chomobyl disaster all fall within the same week. A week of celebration, action and remembering. Arbor Day is a traditional tree planting holiday. The credit for the celebration of Earth Day belongs to Wisconsin’s former governor and senator Gaylord Nelson. “Grassroots participation has built Earth Day into a yearly tradition that educates the public on critical problems facing our environment and stresses the need for individuals to work together to create solutions”. Chrystia Sonevytska is International Coordinator of Global ReLeaf. Her article “Seeds of Hope ”, about a tree planting project in Ukraine sponsored by AMERICAN FORESTS was published in the April 1997 issue of Our Life. By CHRISTIA SONEVYTSKY To plant trees is to give body and life to one’s dreams of a better world. Russel Page EARTH DAY APRIL 22, - ARBOR DAY APRIL 24, - CHORNOBYL APRIL 26
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