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Re:Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought a... by lazyasciiart on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @11:13AM (#20565569)
They've been planning this for a while. Lots of schools and government offices were closed so people could do this - I wouldn't be surprised if more than 10% of people were involved.
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Re:Ethiopia Plants 350M Trees in One Day to Combat Drought a... by netllama on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:17PM (#20570883)
They didn't mention that most schools in Ethiopia are half day by default (because they lack sufficient teachers & school rooms to educate all the children for a full day). So in reality, most children wouldn't have been in school for half the day regardless.
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