{"product_id":"the-man-who-planted-trees-paperback","title":"The Man Who Planted Trees - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[This] simple classic may just hold the secret to meaningful existence.\"--Richard Powers, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Overstory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is so hopeful . . . [and] it is something I believe--that you can change the world by planting trees.\"--Alice Waters, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are What We Eat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChelsea Green published the first trade edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Planted Trees \u003c\/i\u003ein 1987, and it has become a timeless eco-fable about what one person can do to restore the earth. The hero of the story, Elzéard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence in the south of France. The result was a total transformation of the landscape-from one devoid of life, with miserable, contentious inhabitants, to one filled with the scent of flowers, the songs of birds, and fresh, flowing water. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince our first publication, the book has sold over a quarter of a million copies and inspired countless numbers of people around the world to take action and plant trees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes a foreword by Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the African Green Belt Movement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It has given me much joy to reread this story.\"--Wendell Berry\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51373883949279,"sku":"9781933392813","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rJUS5HWUEI9781933392813.webp?v=1789164529","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-man-who-planted-trees-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}