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Apr 16, 2013
"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." --Mahatma Gandhi
111 Trees Planted for Every Girl Born Here
"A village in southern Rajasthan's Rajsamand district is quietly practicing its own, homegrown brand of Eco-feminism and achieving spectacular results. For the last several years, Piplantri village panchayat has been saving girl children and increasing the green cover in and around it at the same time. Here, villagers plant 111 trees every time a girl is born and the community ensures these trees survive, attaining fruition as the girls grow up. Over the last six years, people here have managed to plant over a quarter million trees on the village's grazing commons. The village's former leader, Shyam Sundar Paliwal was instrumental in starting this initiative in the memory of his daughter Kiran." This article shares photos and more details about this remarkable hidden corner of the world,
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