BUND Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Drogi dla Natury have set up a programme called ‘Avenues, not borders’. In 2014, the first cross-border avenue between Germany and Poland was created: avenues can be a symbol of cohesion and peace.
Trees have this power, now echoed by the two Korean leaders who will plant a tree on the border as a sign of ‘peace and prosperity’.
In 1922, in the aftermath of the Great War, Joffre embarked on a world tour to promote peace. When he arrived in the United States, he planted one of the 1,000 elm trees on Des Moines Memorial Drive.
