THERE WAS A CEDAR FOREST

This is the story about me and the cedar trees. It could have been just a personal experience, but it turned into a message that I would like the whole world to understand. I’m 14 years old and I will still be here to see our planet suffer when you will not, so please listen. 

Last year (2022) in Morocco, I visited a cedar forest. According to our guide published in 2010, it was to be magnificent. But once we arrived, all we found were immense dead cedar trees. These cedars had lived there for hundreds of years and could have continued hundreds more, as they can live up to 1500 years. They are known for their ability to face draught for years, but not a decade. They disappeared forever because of man-made global warming. A result of excessive consumption all over the world. Moroccan people are not the ones who consume so much, but they are the ones who suffer the consequences. 
Our journey continued, but I couldn’t sleep. After a few days, I persuaded my family to return there, so that I could make a film about it. I wanted all people to see and feel what I did, make them aware of the severity of the climat crises.

Please, wake up and change, a little bit every day. Think about what you really need and what you can live without, in order to let our planet live.