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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.43,0:00:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me introduce to you the emperor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.61,0:00:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,45 meters high\Nand a circumference of 4 meters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.49,0:00:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite impressive, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.34,0:00:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is 250 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.30,0:00:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that this pine tree was born\Nbefore the French Revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.23,0:00:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was 35 years old when Beethoven \Ncomposed the ''Ode to Joy,''
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.36,0:00:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,100 years old during\Nthe Universal Exhibition in Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.27,0:00:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,200 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.98,0:00:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Universal Declaration \Nof Human Rights was written.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.14,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It overlooks the 250 acre\Nof forest that I manage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.44,0:01:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think for a moment ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.88,0:01:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since its seed sprouted, it has\Nexperienced one thousand seasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.14,0:01:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,250 times the spring mildness,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the heat and the summer drought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.31,0:01:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has seen its friends, the beech trees,\Nlose their leaves 250 times,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.69,0:01:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the winter's harshness,\Nthe wind, the cold, the snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.73,0:01:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in my work as forest manager,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.08,0:01:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my relationship with time is a bit\Ndifferent than the majority of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.61,0:01:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I cut a 200-year-old tree
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.59,0:01:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine the forest aisle,\Nthe clearing that it will create,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.66,0:01:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the seeds that will then sprout, \Ngrow, evolve, and become trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.36,0:01:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I visualize my action
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.19,0:01:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the level of a tree\Nand the forest area,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.60,0:01:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but above all, I am led\Nto exercise my foresight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.14,0:02:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once they become trees, what makes\Nthose seeds form the future forest ?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.42,0:02:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I anticipate my interventions\Nin a management plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.75,0:02:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a "life plan" if you prefer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.12,0:02:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for one year, five years, thirty years ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.76,0:02:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hundred years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.84,0:02:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My perspective is the century.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.69,0:02:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this teach me?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.01,0:02:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it is first humility,\Nintellectual honesty.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.02,0:02:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't cheat with time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.11,0:02:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't pull the tree \Nto make it grow faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.92,0:02:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to work with an exiting forest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.74,0:02:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Nature and foresters\Nhave shaped centuries before I came.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.40,0:02:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My task is to continue this work\Nfor the centuries to come
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.56,0:02:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while providing people\Nwith the wood they need.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.70,0:02:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I make choices, my responsibility\Nis to respect the history of each forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.02,0:02:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What will be useful to it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.10,0:03:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What could galvanize\Nits collective strength?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.44,0:03:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because a forest is primarily a society.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.04,0:03:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a tree and another tree\Nand another tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.54,0:03:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like drops of water\Nadd up to make streams, rivers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.15,0:03:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oceans.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.02,0:03:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each tree gives what it can \Nand takes what it needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.38,0:03:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no more no less.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.82,0:03:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trees' stillness makes us believe\Nthat they are inactive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.82,0:03:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are permanently active.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.40,0:03:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They extend their leaves,\Ntheir branches, their crowns
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.84,0:03:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the light at all times.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.23,0:03:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They capture the smallest photon,\Nthe smallest drop of water
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.100,0:03:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to develop, to strengthen\Ntheir roots and their trunk.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.87,0:03:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each tree is beneficial in its own way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.68,0:03:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One brings shade,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.88,0:03:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another a shield from the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.40,0:03:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one gives its leaves\Nto produce humus.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.92,0:03:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That one spreads its roots\Nto capture water deep below.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.89,0:04:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of them produce oxygen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.90,0:04:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clean up the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.17,0:04:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purify the water, fix the ground,\Nregulate the climate,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.96,0:04:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produce fruits and wood,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.20,0:04:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and participate in the balance\Nof the forest and the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.91,0:04:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each one gives what it can,\Nbut one tree does not constitute a forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.100,0:04:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is part of the stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.71,0:04:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brings its will, its vital impulse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.97,0:04:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my daily work,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.26,0:04:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have noticed that the\Nforest's strength is in symbiosis,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.86,0:04:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an intimate and lasting association\Nbetween individual trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.54,0:04:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a community of interest if you prefer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.87,0:04:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see how trees work in synergy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.86,0:04:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young beeches grow\Nunder the cover of old pines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.88,0:04:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and young pines grow\Nunder the cover of old beeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.98,0:04:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, there are also competitive\Nrelationships and rivalry at an early age
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.72,0:04:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find a place as a dominant\Nor as a dominated in adulthood
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.55,0:04:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among the stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.80,0:05:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then these relationships slowly become\Nan interaction and cooperation phenomena.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.57,0:05:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that point, the dominants\Nprotect the dominated,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.73,0:05:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the dominated ensure\Nthe stand's stability against the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.01,0:05:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personaly, I have noticed that the forest\Ndoes not build its strength
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.89,0:05:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on uniformity but on diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.57,0:05:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So based on one-century perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.46,0:05:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what am I going to do\Nto favour this symbiosis?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.38,0:05:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, I've made a clearing\Nwhich light enables seeds to sprout.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.15,0:05:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elsewhere, I've made a clearing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.25,0:05:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has strengthened the trunk\Nof the trees against the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.80,0:05:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somewhere else, I selected\Nsome trees to produce timber.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.45,0:05:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may seem surprising,\Nbut when you cut a tree,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.40,0:05:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the overall potential\Nof the forest is increased.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.72,0:05:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With each decision, I chose\Nwhich tree stays and which one falls.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.40,0:06:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This obliges me to step away\Nbefore I take them.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.52,0:06:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must constantly sharpen \Nmy sense of observation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.31,0:06:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at the forest in its entirety,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.54,0:06:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn its functioning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.54,0:06:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The forest is my school of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.83,0:06:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It helped me and is still helping me\Nto better understand the world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.46,0:06:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even myself sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.73,0:06:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, what I see in it\Nis like various paths of human life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.95,0:06:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some seeds have grown\Nfar from their parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.65,0:06:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are light.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.54,0:06:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Winds and birds have\Ncarried them far away.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.46,0:06:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are frugal, and they are\Ncontent with low quality soil
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.100,0:06:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grow and create\Nsome shade for their offspring
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.16,0:06:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and form a new community.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.60,0:06:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other seeds, much heavier,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.100,0:06:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fall at the feet of their parents\Nand grow in their fold,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.71,0:06:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protected but at the same time\Nunder a guardianship
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.64,0:06:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that obliges them to make their way\Nbetween parental branches
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.18,0:06:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to find light.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.42,0:07:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look at the size of a seed,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.57,0:07:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see that with just\Nsome earth, water and light
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.36,0:07:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it produces this,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.58,0:07:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me it's magical, It's fascinating!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.18,0:07:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are just like these seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.08,0:07:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a huge potential in ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.13,0:07:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they show us that there's little \Nneeded to make great things,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.53,0:07:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one goal - capturing the light -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.72,0:07:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the enthusiasm to go further\Nand higher every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.06,0:07:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a thousand seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.24,0:07:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what about me, what is my goal?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.46,0:07:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is my plan for life?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.58,0:07:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What will make my deeds\Nbeneficial to others,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.06,0:07:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our future\Nand to our children's future?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.47,0:07:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before that, life was for me\Nabout finding the right balance
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.14,0:07:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between enjoyment and work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.37,0:07:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were two opposite elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.65,0:07:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enjoyment means burning\Nthe candle at both ends, having fun ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.40,0:08:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the passion for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.43,0:08:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Work on the other hand is tedious,\Nlaborious and not very exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.80,0:08:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tree showed me a third path: building.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.48,0:08:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can develop my potential\Nand feel fulfilled
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.75,0:08:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I try to accomplish,\Neven partially, a work bigger than myself
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.93,0:08:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I will not see\Ncompleted in my lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.61,0:08:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each day, I know that what I do\Nbrings me excitement
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.38,0:08:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it involves something \Nboth natural and immense.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.41,0:08:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the trees!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.18,0:08:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let yourself be carried by their majesty,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.63,0:08:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by this feeling of eternity\Nthat they spread,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.36,0:08:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of calm and resolute energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.24,0:08:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at their diversity\Nand their complementarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.70,0:08:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now me and you,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.73,0:08:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the emperor\Nand his companions, the beeches,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.38,0:08:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are we building?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.75,0:08:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is our goal,\Nour "plan for life" so to speak?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.49,0:09:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using a century as perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.00,0:09:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's be trees!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.85,0:09:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And together, let's be a forest!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.80,0:09:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.25,0:09:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)