Celebrating the 6th year of ‘Mission-Red Green’
There is no substitute for tree planting to protect endangered species from global warming and climate change, including conservation of biodiversity, especially food and habitat for significant species of birds.
About The Mission
Mission Red & Green is Lamppost’s long-term tree-planting programme. Volunteers plant Krishnachura (flame tree) saplings by hand along roadsides, on government office and school grounds, near railway stations and on unused land across Pirganj, and care for them after planting.
- 2017: 100 saplings were planted over five days, at the railway station, the graveyard and the government hospital grounds, among other places. Read the report
- 2018: 150 saplings about 7 feet tall were planted on unused railway land and other public sites. Read the report
- 2019: the 5th year planted saplings beside about 6 km of government roads. Read the report
- 2020: 100 high-quality saplings, about fifty of them planted to help prevent river erosion and illegal encroachment. Read the report
- 2022–2023: the 8th and 9th annual programmes. 8th year · 9th year
- 2024: in the 10th year, 100 saplings averaging 8 feet were planted over two days. Read the report Alongside it, the “Each One Plant One” programme plants trees as soon as a good location is found. Read the report
- 2025: the 11th programme planted more than a hundred saplings over four days in Pirganj town and Daulatpur and Jabarhat unions. Read the report