Tree Hugging

[Jorgelito Hagens]

The first tree huggers were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of Hinduism, who, in 1730, died while trying to protect the trees in their village from being turned into the raw material for building a palace.

Shown are the village women of the Chipko movement in the early 70's in the Garhwal Hills of India, protecting the trees from being cut down .