Globeday at Stockholm City Hall

The old oak tree at the Borgargården, Stockholm City Hall is the Children’s Meeting Place. In a ceremony the emerald signboard was unveiled. The text tells about the background of the Children’s Meeting Place:

“The City of Stockholm officially declared this oak tree (Quercus robur) as the Children’s Meeting Place at the first World Championship in Cooperation in June 2006. Many cities and Municipalities have followed the example to have a tree where children and decision-makers meet and exchange ideas for a better future. The idea originally came from the Globetree, a Swedish NGO which in 2001 was authorized by UNEP to run a Children’s Meeting Place on the UN grounds in Nairobi, Kenya. The EU-commission in Brussels launched their Children’s Meeting Place in 2008”.
Children united water and soil from places they care for. The united water and soil was presented to the City Commissioner of Schools and to the leader of the Opposition party. They gave the united water and soil to the roots of the Oak Tree while children read the text on the sign board.