How to Participate

This Project can only become a reality with your participation and support. 

You can participate by:

1.    Planting a Tree in your Local Community

2.    Adopting a Tree to be Planted in Chile

3.    Organise an Eco-Support Group (EcoSG)

Planting a Tree in your Local Community: You are invited to plant a Tree in your local area for one of the desaparecidos ("disappeared") or ejecutados-politicos ("political-executed") of Chile. This can be carried out anywhere in the world and will form part of the living memorial, in the form of a "virtual forest",  across the planet. If you are interested in doing so, please contact us at:

e-mail: ecomemoria@yahoo.com

or by slow mail at:

The Human Rights International Project

PO BOX 32776

London SE1 1AX

UK

We will help you with the general coordination and planning, as well as putting you in contact with local individuals or groups that may like to help you or participate in the actual day. Here are a few pointers that may be helpful to keep in mind before starting the whole process:

(i) The tree should be planted in a public area, so that individuals and local communities can have access to it, e.g. Parks, Common land, Squares, Workplace forecourts, community spaces, public gardens, green areas in Schools and Universities.

(ii) Any type of tree can be planted, but we would like to suggest that it should be suited to the surroundings e.g. a native tree. You can always contact your local council or environmental group to get an idea as to the best tree to plant in your area.

(iii) Each tree should have a commemoration PLAQUE, which will carry the name of the person in whose memory the tree is planted and the name of the Project e.g.:

Ecomemoria Project

This tree was planted by ( name of the donating parties here) in memory of

name of person 

victim of the Chilean military dictatorship. 

The Human Rights International Project: www.ecomemoria.com

(date)

(click  picture here to see an example)

(iv) Once the Tree has been planted, please send us as much details of the ceremony and place as possible, including photos of the tree, location and species of tree. This will be added to the Forest Map in the ECOMEMORIA Web page.

Finally, remember to contact the local authorities before planting the tree, as well as the local community and Press to publicise the event.

Suggestions for Participating Groups or Individuals:

(i) Individuals and Families: You can help by planting a tree in your local community in memory of one of the victims of the military dictatorship. The name of the victim can be a relative or someone that you knew, or simply for any of the victims.  Of course you can plant more than one tree. A full list of the desaparecido ("disappeared") and ejecutados-politicos ("political-executed") can be found in www.memoriaviva.com.

(ii) Work Place: Simply take the form below and organised people in your work place to plant a tree. We will give you the necessary background information to explain the aims of the Project

(iii) Schools and Universities: As part of the Project we want to get school children involved. A way of doing this is to get schools to plant trees. You can set up projects with school children, which will help them understand the importance of human rights and ecological concerns. Remember that there were over 150 children amongst the victims of the military dictatorship.

(iv) Trade Unions: Many of the victims belonged to different trade-unions in Chile. Planting trees on behalf of these victims will be a powerful message to those that have for so many years tried to dismantle the Trade Union movement around the world.

(v) Professional Bodies: Many Professional Associations in Chile have put legal proceeding against human right violators. If you are a teacher, doctor, scientist, student o member of any professional body, you can get their members to plant trees on behalf of their Association.

(vi) Ethnic Groups: A significant number of the victims correspond to members of the smaller ethnic groups in Chile. We would like to have members of as many ethnic groups as possible, from around the world, to plant trees for the victims.

(vii) Football Clubs and Sport Associations: Many of the victims of the military dictatorship participated regularly in sport (especially football). You can get your football team and other sports to plant trees for one of the victims

(viii) Artist and Writers: Artist and writers were one of the groups, including trade union members, that were most severely persecuted by the dictatorship. If you are an artist or know any artists involved in human right and ecological campaigns, you could help to plant a tree for the many artists that were murder and made to disappear by the dictatorship.

Adopting a Tree to be Planted in Chile: As well as planting trees in your local community we invite you to adopt trees that will be planted in Chile. These will form part of the forest that will make up the “living memorial” for the victims of the military dictatorship. The process of adoption is open to all those interested in maintaining alive the memory of the victims of the military dictatorship. By simply contacting us directly or printing-out and filling in the attached form (see below) you can adopt one or more trees. 

e-mail: ecomemoria@yahoo.com

or by slow mail to: 

The Human Rights International Project

PO BOX 32776

London SE1 1AX 

At present it is estimated that the cost of each tree will be around $20 (USA), which will include the actual cost of the tree, the planting and maintenance of the forest. All money collected for the ECOMEMORIA PROJECT will be used exclusively for the cost of buying, planting and maintaining the trees.

Suggestions for Participating Groups or Individuals:

(i) Individuals and Families: You can help by adopting a tree, which will be planted in Chile in memory of one of the victims of the military dictatorship. The name of the victim can be a relative or someone that you knew, or simply for any of the victims.  Of course you can plant more than one tree. A full list of the desaparecidos ("disappeared") and ejecutados-politicos ("political-executed") can be found in www.memoriaviva.com

(ii) Work Place: Simply take the form below and organise people in your work place to adopt a tree. We will give you the necessary background information to explain the aims of the Project

(iii) Schools and Universities: As part of the Project we want to get school children involved. A way of doing this is to get schools to adopt trees. You can set up projects with school children, which will help them understand the importance of human rights and ecological concerns. Remember that there were over 150 children amongst the victims of the military dictatorship.

(iv) Trade Unions: Many of the victims belonged to different unions in Chile. Adopting trees on behalf of these victims will be a powerful message to those that have for so many years tried to dismantle the Trade Union movement around the world.

(v)  Professional Bodies: Many Professional Associations in Chile have put legal proceeding against human right violators. If you are a teacher, doctor, scientist, student o member of any professional body, you can get their members to adopt trees on behalf of their Association.

(vi) Ethnic Groups: A significant number of the victims correspond to members of the smaller ethnic groups in Chile. We would like to have members of as many ethnic groups as possible, from around the world, to plant trees for the victims.

(vii) Football Clubs and Sport Associations: Many of the victims of the military dictatorship participated regularly in sport (specially football). You can get your football team and other sports to adopt trees for the victims.

(viii) Artist and Writers: Artist and writers were one of the groups, including trade union members, which were most severely persecuted by the dictatorship. If you are an artist or know any artists involved in human right and ecological campaigns, you could help to plant a tree for the many artists that were murder and made to disappear by the dictatorship.

Organising an Eco-Support Group (EcoSG): We need the participation of all groups and individuals in Chile and across the planet to make this project a reality and to send a clear message to human right violator that we have not forgotten their crimes and that the memory of the victims will live forever in our hearts and in the heart of our communities. Contact us at:

   e-mail: ecomemoria@yahoo.com

or by slow mail to:

The Human Rights International Project

PO BOX 32776

London SE1 1AX  

UK

  We will provide you with all the necessary information and materials. Representative from London can visit the EcoSG to discuss strategies and plan programme of work. Through the EcoSG you can get people and groups within your locality to plant trees in your local community and adopt trees to be planted in Chile as part of Ecomemoria Project.