The Forest Keeper
Singh, Rina / Jain, Ishita Trees don't grow on sandbars . . . but a boy from India grew a forest.What can one person do in the face of global environmental degradation? Indian Jadav Payeng has proven that each and every one of us can make a difference. As a boy, he began planting trees on a sandbank in the state of Assam. Nobody believed that he would succeed in doing so. But since 1979, a forest the size of Central Park has emerged, offering a home to countless animals...