The creators of an image of a giant child’s eye made of trees have said that their work would inspire youngsters to find solutions to climate change.
Forestry England said that the local school children began the planting on Tuesday for what is destined to be the biggest planted forest feature in the country.
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Planted in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire from 5,000 beech, maple and alder trees, Forest Eye will be 300 metres (984ft) wide when it is complete.
The project is aimed at focusing attention on climate change and showing the role of forests in tackling it.
Forest Eye is being created by installation specialists Sand In Your Eye, in partnership with Forestry England and the Environment Agency.
Sand In Your Eye’s Jamie Wardley said that “This really is about inspiration, It’s about changing,”. “A lot of our work is about trying to affect people inside and effect an emotional response, really”.
He said that the project is all about capturing the hearts and minds of people to make a change, to make an adaptation because, once you get that emotional response, you get a mental response.
Story was adapted from Independent.
