#Repost @brownenvironmentalist (@get_repost)・・・2/4: “A Short History on the First Tree Huggers

#Repost @brownenvironmentalist (@get_repost)・・・2/4: “A Short History on the First Tree Huggers”..India, September 1730:Soldiers arrived at Khejarli (then Jehnad), the village of the Bishnoi people, on orders from the ruler of Jodphu to cut down trees to be used in the construction of a new palace...Instead, Amrita Devi, a Bishnoi woman, immediately ran forward to protect the khejri tree (Prosopis cineraria). She did so by HUGGING THE TREE, and refusing to move. When she was killed, her 3 daughters promptly took her place. When they were killed, other Bishnoi (from the same village and surrounding villages) took their place until, in an event that would come to be known as the Khejarli Massacre, 363 Bishnoi had sacrificed their lives for the defense of their trees...Upon hearing of their sacrifices, the ruler Abhay Singh intervened and rescinded the original order, calling for a permanent ban to prevent any future felling of the trees. A temple was later erected in honor of the 363 Bishnoi who gave their lives, and today Bishnoi continue to make the pilgrimage every September to honor this history...The story of the Bishnoi — i.e. the OG ‘tree huggers’ — would inspire an impetus for non violent protests against deforestation over 200 years later, in yet another example of WOC as tree huggers and leaders of the environment. The story continues in our next post.— — — — — — — — — — — — — — (photo cred on the way…)#treehugger #treehuggers #original #og #indian #bishnoi #centralindia #desert #desertdwelling #history #knowyourhistory #BIWOC #women #leadersofourplanet #leadership #womenleadership #frontrunners #frontrunner #womensrights #womenshistory #india -- source link

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