Green wall

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Green wall is a metaphorical term for projects that are intended to counteract desertification through (re) afforestation . Two major projects are currently being implemented: China's Green Wall and Africa's Green Wall in the Sahel . In northern Algeria, the Barrage vert reforestation project, which began in 1974, is well advanced.

Green Wall : Singles and charity campaign 1985

Green Wall is also the name of a German-language song by Udo Lindenberg and Horst Königstein and a related charity campaign . The Vinyl - Single was published in the 1985th Involved in the live recording that on 25 January 1985 on the occasion of the "Day for Africa" on the Rathausmarkt in Hamburg was and NDR 2 was recorded, were Hans Hartz , Heinz Rudolf Kunze , Udo Lindenberg, Hendrik Schaper and Rolf Harris . The contributors waived their share of the turnover in favor of the “joint campaign in Africa”; according to the single cover, 2 German marks were donated from the sales proceeds from each single . - An interview by Udo Lindenberg with Willy Brandt is immortalized on the back . The single was released by Polydor with the number 881 895-7. 15,000 copies of it were sold - so donations of 30,000 D-Marks were achieved. For Lindenberg, Kunze and Hartz, the project was an indirect action accompanying the band's benefit song Nackt im Wind der Afrika , which was released a few days earlier.

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  1. https://www.discogs.com/de/Hans-Hartz-Heinz-Rudolf-Kunze-Udo-Lindenberg-Hendrik-Schaper-Rolf-Zuckowski-Gr%C3%BCne-Mauer/release/3244718
  2. https://www.musik-sammler.de/media/153260/
  3. ^ Page 158 in: Stephan Kurenbach: UDOgraphie - the ultimate Lindenberg discography . Königswinter 2019, ISBN 978-3-95843-935-1