In the populated forest of literary magazines at the University of Iowa, a new literary magazine has taken root in the form ...

Truphena Muthoni, 22, completes marathon tree-hug in Nyeri to highlight indigenous conservation and mental well-being. - ...

Kenyan activist Truphena Muthoni breaks tree hugging marathon record to inspire peaceful, sustained climate and conservation action.

PALISADES PARK — Marcy Miller rested her head gently on the California palm tree, tears welling in her eyes as she embraced the trunk, memories of her now deceased father, once a worker in a lumber ...

Twenty-two-year-old environmental activist Truphena Muthoni Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni becomes the first person to hug a tree continuously for 72 hours on December 11, 2025. [Amos Kiarie, ...

In June 2023, I hugged a tree. It wasn’t a special tree, and I didn’t hug it to save it or to make a political statement. I don’t even remember what kind of tree it was, just that it was on the campus ...

In December last year, Truphena Muthoni, 22, became a household name after hugging a tree for 72 hours in a powerful display of environmental activism.Few people knew that her first attempt ...

Melvin Durai It has been almost two years since Abubakar Tahiru, a Ghanaian forestry student, set a Guinness World Record for ...

People gather around the Children's Tree of Life, a 15-year-old New Zealand Christmas Tree, to give it a hug during Tree Hugging Day at Palisades Park on Tuesday afternoon. (photo by Brandon Wise) ...