BIG On Homes: How One Man Created His Own Forest
In 1979 a 16-year-old boy in India became devastated after he found a pile of dead snakes who had been scorched to death by extreme heat and decided something had…
CHORNOBYL, UKRAINE – SEPTEMBER 29: A house stands in the abandoned village of Zalisya located inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone on September 29, 2015 near Chornobyl, Ukraine. Zalisya, a village that before 1986 had a population of approximately 3,000, lies about 15 kilometers south of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where in 1986 workers inadvertantly caused reactor number four to explode, creating the worst nuclear accident in history. Authorities evacuated 120,000 people, incuding the residents of Zalisya and 85 other villages, as well as of the towns of Chornobyl and Pripyat. Today the Zalisya site stands abandoned and overgrown with trees and vegetation. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesIn 1979 a 16-year-old boy in India became devastated after he found a pile of dead snakes who had been scorched to death by extreme heat and decided something had to be done. What did he do?
He planted a tree. Actually, he planted a tree every day for 35 years. Fast forward 39 years later and, thanks to him, what was once a barren land is now a forest 1.6 times the size of central park. The forest contains several thousand varieties of trees and has attracted elephants, tigers, rhinos, deer, wild boars, reptiles, and birds. The man is now appropriately nicknamed 'The Forest Man of India' and is proof that with dedication, something little can change the world.
Just imagine if you started planting now on your own land, or if you bought a piece of land and started planting one tree a day? If you ever wanted the perfect piece of land in the middle of a forest, you could build your own! I like it!
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