The Brazilian single-handedly planted 40,000 trees, turning a wasteland into a park
73-year-old pensioner Elio Da Silva for 20 years independently planted 40,000 trees on an abandoned site in Sao Paulo, spending almost 140 thousand dollars on it. The authorities awarded the territory the status of an urban park in 2008, noticing his efforts.
Elio Da Silva, a 73-year-old pensioner from Sao Paulo, has planted about 40,000 trees on his own for 20 years, turning an abandoned wasteland into a picturesque urban park. Without permission from the authorities, he spent up to 7 thousand dollars a year on this project, and in total invested about 140 thousand dollars. In 2008, after the pensioner's efforts became noticeable, the local administration assigned the site the status of a city park.
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