Daisugi (台杉) is a Japanese technique developed in the 14th century for sustainable forestry that produces timber without cutting down trees. ⁠ ⁠ Cedar trees are pruned heavily to produce "shoots" that become perfectly uniform, straight and completely knot free.⁠ ⁠ The shoots are carefully and gently pruned by hand every two years leaving only the top boughs, allowing them to grow straight. ⁠ ⁠ Daisugi cedar can be harvested every 20 years, with the base tree lasting hundreds of years, maintaining the ecosystem - which saves the forestry industry as well as the planet. ( ̆⌣ ̆)♡⁠ ⁠ Visit our program #SurvivalSeason for more of mankind's ecological impact on the planet profiled. Link in bio.⁠ ⁠