Today is Earth day and the US Embassy in Kenya celebrated by planting trees in Karura Forest with The Green Belt Movement and The Friends of Karura Forest. It was also a day to celebrate Wangari Maathai’s legacy of taking care of the environment by fighting for the forest not to be turned into a stone forest of houses and infrastructure but to remain a green, beautiful place that supports the delicate ecosystem we live in.
![Godec cutting ribbon - karura](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Godec-cutting-ribbon-karura.jpg?x92800)
![US Ambassador Godec with Professor Njoroge Karanja, Chairman Friends of Karura Forest and Acting Director Kenya Forest Service, Emilio Mugo](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Ambassador-Godec-Karura-laughing.jpg?x92800)
![Members of the Green Belt Movement, Friends of Karura Forest, and other Tree lovers gather to celebrate earth day.](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/save-the-trees-karura-crowd.jpg?x92800)
![Ambassador Robert Godec massages the tree to get it out of its plastic temporary home. The plastic bags are reused so they should not be torn. A great way to protect the environment, reuse plastics](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Godec-karura.jpg?x92800)
![](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Godec-plants-tree-1.jpg?x92800)
![Ambassador Robert Godec waters one of the trees he has planted at Karura](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/godec-waters-his-plants-Karura.jpg?x92800)
![Karura MCA Kamau Thuo does a Vote of Thanks after trees were planted](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Godec-with-MCA-Karura-Forest-1024x576.jpg?x92800)
![The Forest Rangers who protect our forests.](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/forest-rangers-Karura.jpg?x92800)
![tree hug 3 - karura](http://potentash.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tree-hug-3-karura.jpg?x92800)