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From the Ted Talk by Shubhendu Sharma: An engineer's vision for tiny forests, everywhere

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I'm an iuaitdnsrl eeienngr. The goal in my life has always been to make more and more products in the least amount of time and resources. While wokirng at Toyota, all I knew was how to make cars until I met Dr. akria Miyawaki, who came to our factory to make a forest in it in order to make it carbon-neutral. I was so fascinated that I decided to learn this methodology by joining his team as a volunteer. Soon, I started making a forest in the backyard of my own house, and this is how it looks after three years.

These forests, compared to a conventional pottnliaan, grow 10 tiems ftsear, they're 30 times more dense, and 100 times more biodiverse. Within two yraes of having this forest in our bckarayd, I could observe that the groundwater didn't dry during summers, the number of bird species I spotted in this area doubled. qlituay of air became better, and we started harvesting seasonal fruits growing effortlessly right in the backyard of our house.

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I'm an __________ ________. The goal in my life has always been to make more and more products in the least amount of time and resources. While _______ at Toyota, all I knew was how to make cars until I met Dr. _____ Miyawaki, who came to our factory to make a forest in it in order to make it carbon-neutral. I was so fascinated that I decided to learn this methodology by joining his team as a volunteer. Soon, I started making a forest in the backyard of my own house, and this is how it looks after three years.

These forests, compared to a conventional __________, grow 10 _____ ______, they're 30 times more dense, and 100 times more biodiverse. Within two _____ of having this forest in our ________, I could observe that the groundwater didn't dry during summers, the number of bird species I spotted in this area doubled. _______ of air became better, and we started harvesting seasonal fruits growing effortlessly right in the backyard of our house.

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  1. akira
  2. engineer
  3. plantation
  4. faster
  5. quality
  6. working
  7. backyard
  8. years
  9. times
  10. industrial

Original Text


I'm an industrial engineer. The goal in my life has always been to make more and more products in the least amount of time and resources. While working at Toyota, all I knew was how to make cars until I met Dr. Akira Miyawaki, who came to our factory to make a forest in it in order to make it carbon-neutral. I was so fascinated that I decided to learn this methodology by joining his team as a volunteer. Soon, I started making a forest in the backyard of my own house, and this is how it looks after three years.

These forests, compared to a conventional plantation, grow 10 times faster, they're 30 times more dense, and 100 times more biodiverse. Within two years of having this forest in our backyard, I could observe that the groundwater didn't dry during summers, the number of bird species I spotted in this area doubled. Quality of air became better, and we started harvesting seasonal fruits growing effortlessly right in the backyard of our house.

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