Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement

Mongabay
Feb 2, 2026, 10:55 pm119 ptsTrending
Young Kenyan environmentalist Truphena Muthoni has set a Guinness World Record (GWR), for the second time, after embracing a tree for 72 hours. She hugged the tree for three days, Dec. 8-11, 2025, to raise awareness about climate change and protest the destruction of Indigenous forests. In doing so, she caught…

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