Hong Kong eco-activist teen works with tree planting company to promote a world where she wakes to the sounds of nature
- Elodie Lambotte, who created a video in which she and an orangutan puppet ‘talk’ about a greener world, is EcoMatcher’s first honorary youth ambassador
- The Hong Kong-based firm plants trees worldwide for companies and allows people to plant, gift and track the growth of trees virtually on its digital platform
Hong Kong student Elodie Lambotte is passionate about protecting the environment, and she has an entertaining way of getting her green message across.
“This is Jack,” says the 13-year-old, pulling out a hairy orange orangutan puppet from her bag. “I dream of a world where forests are not shrinking but are growing,” Jack “says”. Elodie, who is originally from Belgium, is also passionate about ventriloquism.
To show how today’s youth – and, of course, animals – dream of a greener future, Elodie approached EcoMatcher with a video message, together with her Jack, mentioning she loved EcoMatcher so much and to offer any support.
“I made the video because I want leaders of companies to get inspired and, most importantly, to take action,” she explains.
Hong Kong-based EcoMatcher, a firm that plants trees worldwide for companies and allows people to plant, gift and track trees virtually on its digital platform, did just that. When its CEO, Bas Fransen, saw Elodie’s video, he reached out and together they created “I Have a Dream”, a video where Elodie - and Jack - talk about a world “with clean and fresh air to breathe, and trash-free beaches.” A world, she says, where she wakes to the sound of birds, trees, and nature.
