{"id":232095,"date":"2023-08-15T04:46:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/?p=232095"},"modified":"2023-08-15T04:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:46:12","slug":"over-3-summers-leslie-dart-has-planted-372200-trees-all-across-canada-inspiring-more-to-follow-in-her-footsteps-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/over-3-summers-leslie-dart-has-planted-372200-trees-all-across-canada-inspiring-more-to-follow-in-her-footsteps-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 3 Summers, Leslie Dart Has Planted 372,200 Trees All Across Canada, Inspiring More To Follow In Her Footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_232096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232096\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232096\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Leslie-Dart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Leslie-Dart.jpg 730w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Leslie-Dart-400x219.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Leslie-Dart-640x350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Leslie-Dart-255x139.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reddit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A TikTok video showcasing a young woman\u2019s tree-planting feat in Canada\u2019s Saskatchewan Province has rapidly garnered an astounding 8.7 million views after she managed to plant 4,545 trees in a single day.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie Dart, the creator of the video, isn\u2019t engaged in forestry by profession; rather, she recently embarked on a career in aerospace manufacturing after graduating from Durham College in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although tree planting is a prevalent summer job for university students, it captivates individuals like Leslie with its profound yet repetitive significance. Despite clocking up to 15 hours a day, Leslie meticulously wields a spade to penetrate the soil, excavates a space, deposits a sapling, firmly presses it with her boot, and proceeds to the next one.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><span style='text-align:center; font-size:12px; color:#777;'>Advertisement<\/span><center><!-- TA_MOB_G1_BTF3_300x250 t4\/2+ fb (content) --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_MOB_G1_BTF3_300x250'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n} else { document.write('<div id=\\'wi-194906\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-194906').closest('.side-widget').hide();\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) {document.write('<div id=\\'wi-193994\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-193994').closest('.side-widget').hide(); \n} else { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><span style='text-align:center; font-size:12px; color:#777;'>Advertisement<\/span><center><!--TA_G1_BTF1_728V in content --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_G1_BTF1_728V'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This rigorous tree-planting work is mandated by specific provincial regulations to complement logging activities. Nearly every tree harvested to sustain Canada\u2019s flourishing timber industry necessities reintegration through the efforts of paid volunteers like Leslie. She earns between 17 and 44 cents for each planted seedling and has been responsible for planting an impressive total of 372,290 trees during the past three summers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The terrain for this endeavor can range from scorched landscapes left behind by wildfires to the humid, uneven ground of logged forests, often overgrown with spikey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/wildflowers\/plant-of-the-week\/oplopanax_horridus.shtml\">Devil\u2019s Club<\/a> and teeming with mosquitos. Regardless of the challenges, Leslie emphasizes that the work is exceptionally fulfilling, becoming an integral part of one\u2019s life that draws them back year after year to contribute as volunteers.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) {document.write('<div id=\\'wi-194140\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-194140').closest('.side-widget').hide(); \n} else { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><center><!-- \/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream t4 --><!-- div data-outstream='inarticle'><\/div --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><center><!-- \/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream t4\/fb 2+ --><!-- div data-outstream='inarticle'><\/div --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_MOB_G_1x1_outstream'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n} else { document.write('<div id=\\'wi-195018\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-195018').closest('.side-widget').hide();\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenny Chaplin, a veteran planter of 35 summers and works in the film industry, as well as a substitute teacher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terracestandard.com\/trending-now\/she-planted-more-than-4500-trees-in-a-day-and-found-an-audience-of-millions\/\">explained to the Terrace Standard<\/a>, <em><strong>\u201cI think every parent in Canada should be sending their kid out tree planting because it will take your child and it\u2019ll turn them into a worker,\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>\u201cThey\u2019ll learn how to work, they\u2019ll have responsibility. They\u2019ll have money in their pockets,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Chaplin said.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lesliedart\/video\/7135358686792305925?embed_source=121355059%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&#038;refer=embed&#038;referer_url=www.goodnewsnetwork.org%2Fleslie-dart-has-planted-372290-trees-across-canada-over-the-past-3-summers-and-inspired-so-many-others%2F&#038;referer_video_id=7135358686792305925<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, another tree planter, Rita Leistner, who also happens to be a photographer and filmmaker that happened to work as a war reporter during Iraq War II, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terracestandard.com\/trending-now\/she-planted-more-than-4500-trees-in-a-day-and-found-an-audience-of-millions\/\">Terrace Standard<\/a>, \u201cWhen I worked in war zones, and people asked me: what prepared me for that work, I told them: tree planting in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This commitment to reforestation, both in response to logging activities and post-forest fires, has resulted in the replanting of a staggering 1.6 billion trees across western Canadian provinces. Individuals like Leslie Dart and others dedicated to the cause play an instrumental role in achieving this substantial reforestation effort.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lesliedart\/video\/7124167514761809158?embed_source=121355059%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&#038;refer=embed&#038;referer_url=www.goodnewsnetwork.org%2Fleslie-dart-has-planted-372290-trees-across-canada-over-the-past-3-summers-and-inspired-so-many-others%2F&#038;referer_video_id=7124167514761809158<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See more about tree planting in this video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Day in the Life of a Tree Planter | One Tree Planted\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k68TTuQ5hJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts?<\/em> <strong>Please comment below and share this news!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trueactivist.com\">True Activist<\/a> \/ Report a typo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TikTok video showcasing a young woman\u2019s tree-planting feat in Canada\u2019s Saskatchewan Province has rapidly garnered an astounding 8.7 million views after she managed to plant 4,545 trees in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1819,"featured_media":232096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[1770,15215,11042],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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