The Journey - Trees for Life

Trees for Life is the only organization specifically dedicated to restoring the Caledonian Forest to a target area of 600 sq miles in the Scottish Highlands. They work in partnership with the Forestry Commission, RSPB and private landowners, and own and manage the 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate.
Each year they run over 45 Conservation Work Weeks. Hundreds of volunteers join us annually in planting over 100,000 trees in protected areas, and carry out other restoration work such as seed collection and propagation of young trees and rare woodland plants. The organization is responsible for having planted over 800,000 trees since 1989.


This short film is part of "The Journey" an unique documentary project that delves into environmental, socio-culture and economic issues, with a questioning mind.

The focus of the project is to find and film inspiring ideas and projects over a wide spectrum of individuals and cultures, whilst examining our ability to reform our ideals, and our lifestyle in order to make positive changes for our planet and the human race.

The Journeymen (a person whom travels in order to gain experience, skills and knowledge) go in search of these stories - equipped only with minimal filming gear and personal possessions, they document their experience as they travel to global communities to observe, question and learn.

It is an organic process that grows, evolves and takes its own direction. With no planned route nor destination, the journeymen believe they will connect with the right people and places at the right time to film, aid and guide them on.

The project is currently filming and traveling through the UK. As the project travels short films are uploaded that can be viewed on this website. It is the long-term goal that this project will travel internationally to create a feature length film that will be released, to be viewed for free.

The projects aims to benefit individuals, projects and communities by sharing knowledge, offering solutions and connecting people through film.

It is the hope this project will touch and inspire people, by conveying the beauty within human nature and our world and resonating what is actually possible, when it comes it comes to our ability to change the world for the better.

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[ktjphoto]

This video gives me such hope for the next 100 years. May it truly be a century of restoring the earth.

[mycelium]

This guy is an inspiration! And you can see that the challenge has given him a deep sense of purpose and happiness.

[MettaTaiChi]

We love this project. It's just so important and wonderful.May it continue to grow.

[crisolsan]

we r the heroes that we are wating for

[thomasdd]

Great effort. I think we can all do our bit just by buying native trees or collecting seeds just to plant in our gardens. It may not be as good as the forests we once had but its better than the situation we are in now, i.e most of our country is now pasture and urban areas, lets return our native trees together.

[aodhfinn]

excellent video, thanks alot is in the same situation, its forest entirely gone . And they have to be put back .