EC Trainees Forest

Fundraising campaign by Radek Oborny
  • €7,948.00
    raised of €10,000.00 goal goal
79% Funded
321 Donors
Raised offline: €66.00
Total: €8,014.00

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Dear sponsors and followers. You donated more than 7k! It's a great START and 31.12.2018 shall not be a STOP. The environment needs financial support in the tough and challenging times of climate change.

GIFT CERTIFICATES SENT UNTIL FRIDAY 21st 12:00.

Dear backer. As we're still sending our certificates manually, we cannot guarantee that you'll receive yours before the Christmas Eve (24th) since we're off to vacations to our respective countries this weekend. Thank you for understanding.

Will Mr. Juncker support our project? Let him know!



Meeting with BOS+ and talking about their work and how the EC Trainees Forest can contribute.



The CERTIFICATE is ready. You'll get yours soon!



We moved our goal to a more ambitious 10 000 Euros. Are you gonna help us get there?






Let's re-forest the bare Belgian land. We are a group of trainees at the European Commission and that is a target we set out for ourselves. Nature based solutions are proven by millions of years and are going to help us get over the crisis of climate change. By reforesting our land we're going to improve the local and global climate. It's a small step, but one in the right direction.

We partnered with an organization BOS+ based in Flanders, and we want to support their efforts to re-forest former agricultural land. The trees of choice are poplars as the dominant species accompanied by hazels and lindens. The location is Flemish Ardennes (Vlaamse Ardennen) , a hilly area about 50km west of Brussels.


What do you do?

  • Choose your donation (same as or higher than the reward)
  • Pick your reward
  • Leave us a message with your name or more names if you get more trees or name which should be placed on the tree. Write also anything else you would like to tell us.
  • Pay for your order (credit card or Pay Pal) - (we receive about 92% of the funds due to transaction costs)
  • SHARE your donation and spread the message! More trees = more CO2 fixed = you actually help stop global warming!
  • Join us at the planting activity! (Arrangement needed!)

What is the action plan?

  1. You - sponsor and adopt a tree.
  2. The tree, about 2-3 year old seedling, 70-100cm in size will be tagged with a badge in your name.
  3. The tree will be planted at a location in the area of Flemish Ardennes, the precise spot will be determined based on the total number of trees we sponsor.
  4. We will let you know where the forest is located asap.
  5. We will go and plant a part of the forest and BOS + will take care of the remaining trees.
  6. We will take a picture of the forest when the spring comes!
  7. You can enjoy the peace of mind that a tree is working hard to absorb the CO2 you as a human produce and that you gave it a chance of grow.

Why do we do it?

  • Climate change is real and we don't have time to talk and worry about it. We want to ACT NOW!
  • Poplars are "pioneering" species, which means they are great to start a forest and grow fast. In 30 years, they absorb about 2.5 tons of CO2. The forest will be about 30 % poplar and 70% other tree species.
  • We want to improve biodiversity and forest cover in Flanders, one of the least forested regions of Europe.


Rewards

Trainee-Card holder (write your name and TC number in comment)

33 Backers

Tree and a PDF Gift certificate sent to you by e-mail. Leave the names of each of the recipients!

107 Backers

Non T-card holder tree - anyone who wants to sponsor a tree individually

78 Backers

Bundle of 11 trees! great deal for your family, friendship group or a team!

Fundraising Team

  • Radek Oborny
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  • Tree Planter
  • Simon Voss
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  • Growth marketer
  • Stefanie Roithmayr
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  • Idea planter

Donors

  • Irene Ottenhof
  • Donated on Apr 30, 2019
  • Thank you for this wonderful initiative. Very much inspiring. Let's plant for our future!!

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  • Armelle Ripart
  • Donated on Feb 28, 2019
  • On behalf of the entire EC Trainees' Sustainability Subcommittee O18 session!

€85.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jan 29, 2019
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Jul 18

Now a meadow, in many years a forest...

Update posted by Radek Oborny at 10:39 am

The forest that you helped to plant, that originally served as agricultural land is now a flowering meadow serving many insects such as butterflies. In several years it will transform into a denser broad leaf forest and will gain a new purpose - shelter for different insects and birds. Congratulations

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May 13

EC Trainees Forest Grows On!

Update posted by Radek Oborny at 11:57 am

Dear friends, sponsors and followersIt has been a while since our last update. The spring has arrived and the trees planted in the winter in Gontrode have started budding and growing. According to Pascal from BOS+ all the trees survived the planting and will very likely develop into a full. . . . .

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Feb 21

Forest planted, labels placed, wooden sign fixed!

Update posted by Radek Oborny at 02:29 pm

Dear EC Trainees Forest supporters and followers. So we made it! More than EUR 7000 donated to BOS+ for planting a part of a forest close to Gontrode and Gavere ( more than 800 trees) and part for the protection of a tropical rain forest in Ecuador (more info coming).. . . . .

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Jan 25

Ready, Steady, Plant!

Update posted by Radek Oborny at 09:28 am

Dear sponsors and followers of the EC Trainees Forest. Your contributions to the October 18 session amounted to net EUR 7015, after deduction of the transaction and platform fees. Our partner BOS+ was overwhelmed by this support as were we. In order to get the biggest impact from all the. . . . .

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Dec 31

The campaign shall go on!

Update posted by Radek Oborny at 04:35 pm

Dear sponsors and followers,You donated more than 7k! It's a great START and 31.12.2018 shall not be a STOP. The environment needs financial support in the tough and challenging times of climate change. Our fundraiser shall go on and be taken over by the next batch of Blue Book Trainees!

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Dec 20

Only 5 days until Christmas

Update posted by Radek Oborny at 07:25 am

Hi Trainees Forest followers!Thanks to you, we raised more than €6000 so far! Although it's a formidable achievement, it's just a drop in the sea. Keep spreading the message and follow us and our regular video updates - like the interview with BOS+! We're also interested in seeing your folded

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Dec 20

Only 5 days until Christmas

Update posted by Radek Oborny at 07:21 am

Hi Trainees Forest followers!Thanks to you, we raised more than €6000 so far! Although it's a formidable achievement, it's just a drop in the sea. Keep spreading the message and follow us and our regular video updates - like the interview with BOS+! We're also interested in seeing your folded

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Donors & Comments

321 donors
  • Irene Ottenhof
  • Donated on Apr 30, 2019
  • Thank you for this wonderful initiative. Very much inspiring. Let's plant for our future!!

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  • Armelle Ripart
  • Donated on Feb 28, 2019
  • On behalf of the entire EC Trainees' Sustainability Subcommittee O18 session!

€85.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jan 29, 2019
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  • Camille Auvret
  • Donated on Jan 29, 2019
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  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jan 25, 2019
  • Good idea, well done!!!

€50.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jan 25, 2019
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  • Audrius Perkauskas
  • Donated on Jan 25, 2019
€5.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jan 24, 2019
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€10.00
€8.00
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Followers

127 followers
Pauline Dessard
Irene Ottenhof
Kim V
Yves Dejaegere
Leena Laaja
Ursula Rauch
Cyrielle Mathonet
Cyrielle Mathonet
Santiago Ángel Nieto
Peter Lichtenwoehrer
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€7,948.00
raised of €10,000.00 goal
79% Funded
321 Donors
Raised offline: €66.00
Total: €8,014.00

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