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Post by nowheregirl on Jun 14, 2007 12:58:12 GMT 1
This is an idea I had this morning, and I hope you'll all take part!
First, here's some information about John and Yoko's Acorns For Peace campaign.
On June 15th 1968, as part of the National Sculpture Exhibition, John and Yoko planted two acorns in the grounds of Coventry Cathedral to represent peace. The acorns were buried in the middle of a circular bench - the idea was that people could sit on the seat and think about the acorns growing into trees.
The following year, John and Yoko sent acorns to as many world leaders as they could think of and asked them to plant the acorn for peace. As John said during an interview on the Eamonn Andrews Show, "The acorn is a symbol of growth and if you plant it the tree will grow. But if you bomb it, it won't."
How to 'plant an acorn for peace':
All you have to do is reply to this thread with a picture of an acorn.
You can paste the following image code into your post:
[img]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i290/singmyheart_photos/Miscellaneous/Acorn.jpg[/img]
Of course, you're welcome to use any other acorn picture you can find!
Under your acorn picture, please post the number of your reply (so the first person will be #1, the second will be #2 etc).
Let's see how many people we can get to plant an acorn and show that they believe in peace! ;D
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Post by nowheregirl on Jun 14, 2007 12:58:28 GMT 1
Acorn #1
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BudgieWudgieWeed
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Post by BudgieWudgieWeed on Jun 14, 2007 14:49:14 GMT 1
Acorn #2
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BAGISM
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Post by BAGISM on Jun 15, 2007 6:10:48 GMT 1
#3
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Post by lennonfan on Jun 15, 2007 21:04:56 GMT 1
#4
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Post by AimeeAndBeatles on Jul 4, 2007 2:01:19 GMT 1
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Post by lennonfan on Jul 7, 2007 14:57:06 GMT 1
Lol, were you in an extra peaceful mood, Aimee? If it's ok to plant more than 1... Acorn 11
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Post by judie_pie on Jul 7, 2007 15:00:06 GMT 1
12
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Post by nowheregirl on Jul 7, 2007 15:36:34 GMT 1
You can all plant as many as you like, whenever you want to show that you want peace. 13
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BudgieWudgieWeed
Dreaming of the past
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And when the rain begins to fall, your mind turns blank.
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Post by BudgieWudgieWeed on Jul 14, 2007 14:11:47 GMT 1
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jean
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Post by jean on Jul 29, 2007 14:47:10 GMT 1
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givepeaceachance
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All we are saying is give peace a chance
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Post by givepeaceachance on Aug 25, 2007 20:49:27 GMT 1
Nice idea. #16
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Post by ~Lennon Girl~ on Oct 10, 2007 9:59:58 GMT 1
haha. can i still plant? ;D #17 lmaos at Aimee!! Oh gosh.. Ok, since she gets to do 6.. I'll do one more! #18 Theree.
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Post by thefadedline on Nov 6, 2007 18:11:00 GMT 1
Bush just saw this page and asked his troops to return home.
I'm all for peace but in the age we live in, you have to be realistic.
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Davey
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THANK YOU JOHN!
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Post by Davey on Nov 6, 2007 22:11:34 GMT 1
Bush just saw this page and asked his troops to return home. I'm all for peace but in the age we live in, you have to be realistic. You are only right! But trying is not expensive! acorn #19
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