the ARTEMIS Project

H A Y A T

435 Children = 435 Trees

During the last two years we were also engaged in several smaller events to promote our ideas and intentions for the bigger projects that are yet to come. The "Tree planting Initiative" back in 2011 was one of those events:

We, the art and evironmental association the ARTEMIS Project, organized on the 26^th May 2011 with the children of the elementary school, Kemal Durmaz Gümüslük, a mutual planting event of tree seeds.

True to the motto „Children plant Future“ we spread seeds of the St. John's-bread tree. The children were supposed to find a personal wish that unites them with the tree seed. Afterwards the wishlist and the seed were commonly planted in the soil of a flowerpot and each of them were given a unique name. Every child took his own St. John's-bread tree back to his home and will take care for it within the next months.

Within the following months, all the grown up offshoots will be planted together with the children and Forestry Office Bodrum in „Yokusbasi“ in free nature. Every child remains the carer for his own tree and therefore actively participates at our international climate protection.

This event would not have been possible without the outstanding help of principal Mehmet Özbay of the elementary school, Kemal Durmaz Gümüslük, and Mr. Önder of the Forestry Office Bodrum.

Thanks very much,

the ARTEMIS Team:

Elisa Gelewski

Yüko

Umur Incekarasu