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A house for a tree (tale)
Climate change, poor practices in the evolvement of society, lack of respect for nature and it’s preservation, have resulted in repeated catastrophes which ravage countless parts of the globe, year after year. Storms, Biblical fires, floods, extreme droughts, cyclonic winds seem to be a panorama which is increasingly more frequent in the daily life of the human being. I share with you a story of courage, perseverance and affection. Paço is a village in Portugal which has been devastated in recent years by extreme heat waves in the summer. It is situated in an area of great natural beauty and is a majestic place due to the great extension of trees that surround it. In recent years, the climate has been changing drastically, with the region being devastated by unbearable heat. The trees no longer shine with the bright green that once characterized the region and the land is dry and cracked. The community of Paço live in a constant state of horror - every year, during the summer, a destructive monster consumes part of the surrounding forest, destroying houses and cultures and killing many of those members of the community who decide to fight and face the worst of the hells. The immense heat, the strong wind and the dry storms unleash gigantic fires that reduce communities to dust and destroy most of the green vegetation. With each passing year, the vegetation is repeatedly burned and destroyed; the green patch that characterized the whole region is more and more reduced to tree skeletons that haunt the landscape. (continue)
