(6 Sep 2024)
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Mexico City – 26 August 2024
1. Wide of Arturo Hernández riding his skateboard through the streets of Mexico City
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arturo Hernández, founder of The Tree Army: ++COVERED++
“Why is the urban tree so important? It has to do with wisdom. The oldest living beings are trees. We are here to learn from them.”
3. Various slow-motion shots of a tree canopy
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arturo Hernández, founder of The Tree Army: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“(The trees) filter the rainwater which prevents flooding. They are the home of many important species. They reduce stress, they give us well-being, they give us beauty. We need to realize that if you kill a tree, you are affecting yourself.”
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Mexico City – 8 August 2024
5. Various of The Tree Army members breaking concrete covering the roots of a tree
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Mexico City – 26 August 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arturo Hernández, founder of The Tree Army: ++COVERED++
“The Tree Army has three main fundamentals. They are: to protect mature endangered trees, plant trees in vacant planters, and educate people. Help people see the importance of trees."
7. Various of Hernández planting a tree
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Mexico City – 8 August 2024
8. Mid of Hernández taking a selfie with a man
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Mexico City – 26 August 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arturo Hernández, founder of The Tree Army: ++COVERED++
“Here they put cement which is preventing the tree from capturing water. It also stresses the tree with an abnormal amount of weight. The roots do not grow properly. So we go with our sledgehammers, our resources and our time. And we break the cement.”
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Mexico City – 8 August 2024
10. Various of The Tree Army members breaking cement
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Mexico City – 26 August 2024
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arturo Hernández, founder of The Tree Army: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“Once we remove everything, we finish the action by uploading a video to social media calling awareness to the authorities, and to inform the perpetrators that if they don’t act or continue doing harm, there are people committed to taking sledgehammers to help the trees.”
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Mexico City – 8 August 2024
12. Close of a person picking up concrete
13. Close of Hernández uploading a video to social media on his phone
14. Mid of Hernández talking with police officers
15. Close of concrete breaking
16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Michel Duhart de la Cerda, environmental activist: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“We are losing green spaces, droughts are getting worse. We just had a horrible drought in Mexico City. And it is unacceptable that a fifty-year-old fresno is being sentenced to death so that the motorcyclists can park their bikes.”
17. Close of people shoveling broken concrete
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Michel Duhart de la Cerda, environmental activist: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“It is enriching and encouraging coming together through actions that help community. through actions that help community. There is nothing like getting your hands dirty. There is nothing like saying “I helped save a tree.” “I helped make this city better,” believe me it is liberating.”
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Mexico City – 26 August 2024
19. Various of Hernández planting a tree
20. Mid of Hernández talking with a woman
21. Wide of The Tree Army posing for a picture
22. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Arturo Hernández, founder of The Tree Army: ++ PARTIALLY COVERED++
23. Mid of Hernández behind the leaf of a newly planted tree
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