The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March
In the year leading up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Beijing Forestry University and international NGO Future Generations teamed up to organize the first "Green Long March" for Chinese students. The goal: empowering young people to become advocates for the environment. Two thousand college students from across the nation mobilized to answer this call to action. Forming 10 survey teams, they traveled by train, car and foot, to see China's environmental challenges up close and spread their passion for conservation. To meditative and moving effect, director Ryan Wong immerses us in the vast and diverse landscapes the students visit. We witness their growing wonder as they encounter the natural world as they never have before. We also share their devastation as they talk to locals and start to understand the human impact of environmental destruction.
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