His name was Elzéard Bouffier and he was universally known as the man who planted trees thanks to a little book L'homme
qui plantait des arbres written by Jean Giono. Elzéard was born in Provence.Jean Giono met just for case this solitary man. He was walking in an area in Provence pretty poor of water and trees. But...What Giono was searching was some water although he had also found a nasty wind, pretty strong considering that trees couldn't keep it gentle because the area poor of them.
He met, so, along his way, this solitary house, with a solitary man in company of a solitary, nice and peaceful dog. Jean Giono decided to stay for another day, if for that man was fine. Elzéaber didn't mind, and Giono observed him more closely. He had planted wagons of trees, before his arrival and he would have continued per years. That one was his solitary mission: no one asked him of doing so.
Elzéard as tells well Giono, had lost his wife and son and so he spent his time planting trees. Per kilometers. You musn't imagine that Elzéard planted in little areas. Giono re-visited that places years after, discovering a different nature, real forests, many real ones! thanks to this very good man with which he became with the time good friend of.
Plants are a reality extremely crucial for men. They have always been but now...that nature can in a daily base kill us, because we have killed our environment, altering it, we must plant all new trees: the killing of the lung of the Planet, the Amazon must be interrupted: impossible to think, with all the respect for Jeff Bezos, nothing personal, that his virtual Amazon is successful, and the real one is dying and with it the humanity: planting trees will become a rush for everyone.
I highly suggest to all of you the reading of this book. It is lovely and simply touching!
Anna Maria Polidori
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