Images from Latvia

Via Hansa & Borealis is this week planting 15.000 fir trees in two areas of totally ca. 5 ha. around Vihula Manor in North Estonia to offset over 150 tons of CO2 emission annually. The planting is the start of the Vihula Manor Reforesting Project. Planting trees is a game changer in our efforts to stop climate change. It cannot stop the climate change alone, but reforesting the world can give an important contribution together with other important sustainable practices.

While Kaunas, the 2nd largest city in Lithuania, is European Capital of Culture 2022, Vilnius starts preparing for its 700th anniversary in 2023. The world learned about Vilnius for the first time in 1323 from the letters written by Gediminas, the Duke of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.