Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest Rebecca Bleecher No World Too Big celebrates

No World Too Big celebrates twelve young activists and three activist groups on front lines of the climate crisis who have planted trees in Uganda

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Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest Rebecca Bleecher No World Too Big celebratesAn inspiring true story about how an activist in the Amazon worked with other Indigenous communities to protect and preserve their sacred lands and forests. Patricia (Paty) Gualinga grew up in her Kichwa village in the Amazon of Ecuador where mystical beings called Amazanga help protect the forest. Paty traveled away from home for school until she was called backcompanies that said the government sold them property were destroying her peoples lands to