Millionth NIKIN tree stands in Lenzburg - NIKIN EU

Millionth NIKIN tree stands in Lenzburg

NIKIN has already planted a whole million trees. To celebrate this milestone, NIKIN adopted an approximately 100-year-old beech tree. It symbolises one million trees planted around the world.

NIKIN has already planted a whole million trees. To celebrate this milestone, NIKIN adopted an approximately 100-year-old beech tree. It symbolises one million trees planted around the world.

Inauguration of the millionth tree

 

One million trees: an incredible number. To celebrate this milestone, NIKIN adopted an impressive, mighty beech tree at Fünfweiher in Lenzburg. It symbolises one million trees around the world.

Inauguration in a narrow framework

"We are proud and grateful to be able to inaugurate the millionth tree today," said Robin Gnehm in front of the mighty beech. Only the two founders and two NIKIN employees equipped with cameras were allowed to participate in this moment. This way, on the one hand, the Corona measures could be observed and, on the other hand, this special occasion could be recorded for the other employees and the NIKIN community. The two founders ceremoniously opened the gift ribbon in which the NIKIN tree was wrapped. In addition, next to the tree, directly on the side of the path, there is now also a plaque on each side, labelling the millionth tree. Nicholas Hänny and Robin Gnehm were also allowed to put up this plaque.

The two founders with the shield

Exciting talk guests

Such a big milestone should actually be celebrated - with a huge party, with all NIKIN employees and the entire community. Actually. Because the Corona measures did not allow this. In order to provide the NIKIN community with exciting insights into the world of trees, forests and NIKIN, we held TreeTalks. We invited guests to take a seat on our sofa - outside and at a distance, of course - and to discuss with us. Three interesting TreeTalks were held with the following guests:

  • Nicholas Hänny and Robin Gnehm: They cannot be missing when it comes to the inauguration of the millionth NIKIN tree, the two NIKIN founders. On the sofa, they talk about how it all began, how they felt about this special moment of the millionth tree and they let themselves be tested. Since the idea for NIKIN originated in a pub, they dueled in a pub quiz that revolved around tree-related questions.
  • Matthias Ott: The head forester of the Lenzia forestry services selected the millionth tree together with us and presented it to us. In TreeTalk he answered questions about forests, their function and also explained why it is not the best idea to fly to Mallorca for a weekend.
  • Florian Landolt: The Head of Communication and Policy of Swiss Forests gave us an exciting insight into the activities of forest owners, the forest etiquette that must be observed in Switzerland and told us how to buy a piece of forest in the first place.

Millions more trees to follow

"This is just the beginning of a wonderful story" is written on the sign in front of the NIKIN tree in Lenzburg. NIKIN plants tree by tree - tree by tree - next. "We hope, of course, that we can plant two, three, four or more million more trees," says Nicholas Hänny at the inauguration. Asked about the next big NIKIN projects, the two founders are beaming over both ears - this is clearly visible even with a mask. NIKIN shoes are in the planning stage, they reveal, so that in the future they can be dressed from head to toe in NIKIN products. And the Shop-Café, a mixture between a NIKIN store and a café, is also one of the tree-hugging projects in 2021. So NIKIN will certainly not be bored.

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