During my trip to Thailand in 2022, I was fortunate enough to be part of a project that involved planting 10,000 trees in a single day. Mark Phillips made a deal with the village school: if they committed to teaching and learning about the trees and the natural environment they lived with, he would fund new technology and infrastructure for the school. The school embraced the challenge—in fact, they went even further. They began cultivating their own fungi and created soaps and other products using natural ingredients. My role was to document the entire day from start to finish with my camera.
The land slowly faded from brown to green as the yellow mixture of shirts planted each sapling.
Adults and children planting together.
