Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yancoulov, who represented Bulgaria very successfully in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, were chosen as the faces of Let's plant a tree campaign, launched on 20th March by the MPs club in Bulgaria. The initiative is organised by the Bulgarian Parliamentary Environment and Waters Committee, the Ministry of Environment and Water Affairs, and the State Forestry Agency.

50 million saplings are to be planted in Bulgaria through the Let's Plant a Tree! Campaign this year. Popular Bulgarian musicians Elitsa Todorova and Styan Yancoulov, who are known for their work for the environment, where chosen to become the faces of the project.

During the Bulgarian Parliament's national assembly on 20th March, Elitsa and Stoyan performed their latest song Earth. All present were given drumsticks as a gift and Elitsa led everyone in a improvised percussion performance which, reportedly, went exceptionally well. The duo, together with the members of the Bulgarian Parliament and local celebrities like Georgi Ivanov, the first Bulgarian astronaut, singer Valya Balkanska and Maxim Minchev planted the first trees in the immediate vicinity of the Parliament. " This is the noblest cause one can stand up for" said the duo, "we pray this becomes a tradition and every year, at the beginning of spring, trees are planted so that our Earth is clean". Elitsa and Stoyan will use income from their forthcoming concerts to buy trees for the reforestation of regions in Varna and around Sofia which were burnt or cut down. The duo appears in a special music video clip, produced by BNT, in which they appeal to the Bulgarian public to help protect the beauty of the Bulgarian forests.

Until the end of the year, Elitsa and Stoyan will be visiting Ireland, Saragosa in Spain, China, Greece and Australia. The duo's full tour schedule can be found here.

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