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Begin forwarded message: > From: "[email protected] [SupportAChild-Assam]" > <[email protected]> > Date: 31 May 2015 9:30:50 PM IST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [SupportAChild-Assam] Re: champion of the earth > > > Ankur, Satyen - Here are a couple of pieces of related content as we prepare > for the event: > > 1. A very nice documentary covering Jadav Payeng's work > > Forest Man > Since the 1970's Majuli islander Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in > order to save his island. To date he has single handedly planted a forest > larger tha... > View on www.youtube.com > Preview by Yahoo > > > > 2. A related project in Chirang District that won the Times of India Social > Impact Award in 2011 > Govt | 135th Infantry Battalion Territorial Army Ecological Assam > In Kokrajhar, part of the volatile Bodo area, 275 ex-servicemen organized > under the Territorial Army have been motivating locals in the Chirang reserve > to plant trees. Over 2 million trees have been planted over 30,000 hectares. > Corporate bodies sponsor the plantation. > > > There are also related projects in China (a pair of disabled friends who have > planted millions of trees over their lifetime, working together). We should > gather all such related information from around the world as inspiration. > > As the Greek proverb goes: “A society grows great when old men plant trees > whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” Along with the younger people > on this mailing list, let us be those older men and women led by Jadab Payeng. > > Regards > - satyajit > > __._,_.___ > Posted by: [email protected] > Reply via web post • Reply to sender > • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in > this topic (13) > VISIT YOUR GROUP > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
