'Giants Rising' (巨木崛起) Film Screening

The film 'Giants Rising' (巨木崛起) is approximately 83 minutes long and introduces the redwood forests of California, USA, exploring the life miracles and resilience of the tallest and oldest organisms on Earth. The film is divided into 6 parts; it mentions life education through the experience of awe for giant trees, describes the wonderful ecology of how redwoods absorb fog (the special environment of the cloud forest zone is similar to Taiwan's cypress forest zone), the journey of beautiful admiration and catastrophe after the giant trees were discovered, how redwoods connect root systems to resist environmental changes and explore the mysteries of genetics, and discusses the life and death of redwoods through forest fires; finally, the return to balance discusses the thousand-year connection with the local indigenous Yurok (尤羅克) people and the co-management mechanism of the U.S. National Park Service (美國國家公園署) incorporating indigenous wisdom. This film has great environmental education value and is suitable for citizens to rethink conservation work when facing climate change.