The Man Who Single-Handedly Converted a Washed-Out Land Into a 1,360 Acre Forest

Re:The Man Who Single-Handedly Converted a Washed-Out Land I... by xefer on Thursday May 29, 2014 @08:33AM (#7815872)

This immediately brought to mind:

"The Man Who Planted Trees" the book which was adapted into an animated film that won the Acadamy Award for Best Animated Short Film and Short Film Palme d'Or in 1987

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_7yEPNUXsU

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Re:The Man Who Single-Handedly Converted a Washed-Out Land I... by apu on Thursday May 29, 2014 @01:21PM (#7817356)

It's a really phenomenal film. It was shown a couple of years ago at SIGGRAPH's annual animation festival with John Lasseter (of Pixar) introducing it and saying it was one of his favorite films and a real inspiration to him.

Frederic Back (the creator of the film), was present as well, though not in great health. When he was brought on stage (I think after the screening), Lasseter had tears in his eyes.

Sadly, Back died at the end of last year.

We spent the whole day in silence, walking through his forest. It was in three sections, and measured 11 kilometres long and 3 kilometres at its widest. When I reminded myself that all this was the work of the hand and soul of one man, with no mechanical help, it seemed to me that men could be as effective as God in tasks other than destruction.

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Re:The Man Who Single-Handedly Converted a Washed-Out Land I... by _nullandnull_ on Thursday May 29, 2014 @10:20AM (#7816312)

Thank you very much for the Youtube link. I was unaware it was made into an animated movie. It's a great story.

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Re:The Man Who Single-Handedly Converted a Washed-Out Land I... by atmosx on Thursday May 29, 2014 @09:51AM (#7816191)

thanks for the link!

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Re:The Man Who Single-Handedly Converted a Washed-Out Land I... by alvare on Thursday May 29, 2014 @09:51AM (#7816192)

Exactly. It's just missing the Nazis.

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