This past weekend, ePals student reporters headed up to Greeley Park in New York City to take part in a two-day event to publicly announce Team Earth. An origami festival was held all day Sunday to draw in crowds and educate people on the Team Earth initiative, spearheaded by Conservation International. Dr. Robert Lang and Linda Mihara, world renowned origami artists, worked all day constructing an origami rainforest made up of 6 foot tall paper trees. Hundreds of people streamed through the park to get information about Team Earth and try their hand at making origami flowers, snakes and tree frogs to contribute to the rainforest display.

Dr. Robert Lang and Linda Mihara pose with their artwork

The official press announcement of Team Earth was held Monday morning in Greeley Park. Our ePals student reporters from Washington International School (Washington, DC), St. Mark’s School (Dallas, TX) and M.S. 246 Walt Whitman (Brooklyn, NY) were on the scene, covering both Sunday and Monday’s events to find out what actions people were taking to help save the planet.

Stay tuned for new blog posts, photographs and videos from our student reporters, including interviews with actor Harrison Ford and President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana!