Unchopping a Tree: What if Deforestation Were Happening in Your City?

How would you react if deforestation was happening outside your window? That's the question behind Maya Lin's visually arresting short video (after the jump) "Unchopping a Tree." Lin takes her lens through some of the world's most incredible arboretums and gardens-from New York's Central Park to Paris's Champs de Mars-each of which would be destroyed in a matter of minutes at current rates of deforestation.[vimeo][/vimeo]Learn more at What Is Missing.Via Kottke.