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December from 328 Stories on Vimeo.
I love this idea:
"Growing trees to be cut and sold as Christmas trees is now a world wide flourishing industry. Started after World War 2, growers around the globe now produce more than 33 million trees annually. In Australia, we grow Pinus radiata – each tree takes around 5 years to grow to the point where it can be harvested as a Christmas Tree. (Sourced from Department of Primary Industries).
I haven’t researched the environmental effects or benefits of plantation growing – I just think it seems like an awful waste of a tree. Is it so commonplace to have masses of pines cut down every year for household decoration, that no-one considers that perhaps instead of letting a new tree die in the living room every year, one could buy a Christmas Tree in a .. pot..?
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