Hug a tree in Israel to beat coronavirus blues

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Feeling blue? Give a tree a hug

Location: Apollonia National Park, Israel

(SOUNDBITE) (English) TREE-HUGGER MOSHE HAZAN, SAYING:"I think we are not hugging too many people these days, not our children, not our grandchildren and hugging a tree is quite a nice thing to do. We have no other alternative to hug."

Tree-huggers are turning to foliage

while they can't get too close

to their family and friends

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI TREE-HUGGER, BARBARA GRANT, SAYING:"The most basic human need is for connection, for touching, for hugging, so apart from my partner, I can't hug my children, my grandchildren so nature is beautiful, so you express your love for nature by hugging a tree, that's what we are doing."

Israel's Nature and Parks Authority

want to help people overcome

the sense of detachment brought

by social distancing measures

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ORIT STEINFELD, ISRAEL'S NATURE AND PARK AUTHORITY MARKETING DIRECTOR, SAYING:"We recommend to people around the world to go out to the nature, take a deep breath, hug a tree, express your love and get love."