23-year-old Canadian marathoner sets record, plants over 23,000 saplings in 24 hours
23-year-old marathoner makes a world record by planting 23,000 saplings
A 23-year-old Canadian marathoner and environmentalist, Antoine Moses, has set a new world record by planting 23,060 saplings in less than 24 hours. The feat of Moses turned viral on social media at a time when global leaders are meeting at COP 27 summit in Egypt and having discussionstowards limiting global warming in the world's fight against climate change.
The video was shared by formerNorwegian diplomat Erik Solheim on Twitter in which Moses can be seen continuously bending and digging a hole and planting saplings in a jiffy.The video of Moses which is from last year July has 1.7M views, in which he has made the world record for “most trees planted by an individual in 24 hours”.
Watch Here: 23-year-old Canadian planting over 23,000 saplings in less than 24 hours.
Moses broke the previous record of planting 15,170 trees which was held by another Canadian, Kenny Chaplin, in 2001.The Guinness World Record website said, "The most trees planted by an individual in 24 hours is 23,060, and was achieved by Antoine Moses (Canada) in La Crete, Alberta, Canada, on 17 July 2021. Antoine has been planting trees for six years."
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As deforestation is one of the leading causes of global warming, more and more people are trying to reverse the effect of climate changeby planting trees and making man-made forests. The video of Moses is receiving praises on the internet from all over the world for taking such an initiative on his own as a concerned and dedicated youth.
Moses reacted and said that he was supported by a crew of six people in this endeavour. Over the years, Moses claims to have planted more than 1.3 million plants across Canada. In his Instagram post, Moses shared a picture of the Guinness World Record and said, "I'm proud to say that I'm Officially Amazing. Last year, I broke the Tree Planting World Record and it has finally been approved by Guinness World Record. Thanks again to my amazing team that helped me go through this challenge!"
(With inputs from agencies)
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