Environmentalist Truphena Muthoni celebrates her Guinness World Record for 48-hour tree-hugging and shared updates on her ...

A Kenyan woman, Truphena Muthoni, beat her own world record, hugging a tree continuously for 72 hours at the foot of Mount Kenya. Her “silent protest” was meant to hold authorities and a complacent ...

For 72 hours, she neither slept nor ate while hugging a tree at the Governor’s office in Nyeri, attempting to break her own world record. For 22-year-old environmentalist Truphena Muthoni, the feat ...

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Ruto praised the young activist for using innovative and symbolic action to rally Kenyans around environmental protection. The President described Muthoni as “an exemplary young Kenyan whose ...

Nairobi — President William Ruto on Monday awarded environmental activist Truphena Muthoni the Head of State Commendation (HSC) Medal for her contribution to environmental stewardship. President Ruto ...

Truphena Muthoni is a Kenyan environmentalist who has broken her own record for hugging a tree for 72 hours. On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, Muthoni began an attempt to continuously hug a tree for 72 ...

Muthoni, who says she undertook the attempt “to raise awareness about the profound impact of tree hugging on mental and emotional well-being,” spent more than five months preparing. Her training ...

Truphena Muthoni, a climate and environmental advocate and mental-health survivor, braves a heavy downpour as she hugs a palm tree in Nyeri town during her 72-hour tree-hugging marathon. Kenyan ...

If you thought picking out a Christmas tree could not get any more festive, a story from the Telegraph just proved otherwise. At one Illinois tree farm, the holiday experience now includes hugging a ...