UofE Student Legacy Park

The story behind

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• One family
• 7 years
• more than 7,000 trees

The Idea

• An annual1-day tree-planting event
• 500-1000 trees planted each year
• A tree for each participating student
• Symbolic fee to cover tree costs
• Target audience: final year students

International student legacy

Addressing global challenges

Community building

Discovering connection with nature

Student interest (survey)

• 2 weeks
• 413 responses
• 69.2% (285) would like to leave a student legacy
• 78.2% (323) would like to plant a tree as their legacy
• ~ 20% are not sure; need for effective advertisement

Obtaining trees

• Help from Woodland Trust Scotland
• Community tree packs of 420 trees
• 1 pack per planting season

Land issue

• City of Edinburgh Council
• Woodland Trust Scotland
• Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens
• UofE Estates and Buildings (Landscaping)
• Midlothian Council

Project Funding

• Clinton Global Initiative University 2015
• Possible collaborations with City Council
• University of Edinburgh support
• Potential contributions by large companies 

Park maintenance

• Tree survival
• Woodland management
• ???

To make it happen...we are looking for:

• Collaboration and support
• Advice on finding a suitable land site
• Any available funding to cover equipment costs
• Further ideas and feedback

"By planting a tree I say thank you to Edinburgh for hosting me during my years of study."

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• Creating a website
• TEDxUofE
• Student Societies
• Student e-mail