Children's Meeting Place
Four trees in four Municipalities
This year four trees in four municipalities have been inaugurated to be a special place where children and local decision makers meet and dialogue the children’s concerns and ideas. The selected tree is called the Children’s Meeting Place. The City of Varberg inaugurated its tree the Election Day, 9 September. The oldest tree of the city was selected to be the Children’s Meeting Place. A Chestnut Tree at the main square of the Municipality of Åtvidaberg. Åtvidaberg was inaugurated together with pupils from all schools who united water by the tree and handed over to the Principals of schools and representatives of the Environment Dept. The inauguration was part of a Theme Week with focus on water in which all schools worked together with the local library and the museum. In Umeå a Lind Tree (Tilia cordata) was selected to be the Children’s Meeting Place next to the Umeå City Hall and was inaugurated by children and adults on October 17, 2018. Farsta elementary school of Stockholm inaugurated their Pine Tree 2017. This year all children of the school came together uniting water from a place they care for. Representatives of all classes came together in the Lecture Hall for a special water ceremony. The Principal of the school was given the united water and brought it to the Children’s Meeting Place next to the school yard.
