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-A long time in the future… after events that changed our world, a silent political Party of Trees was formed. Not to rule the world or make laws for the economic profit of selected individuals but to advise, feed and protect all species of this earth.
+A long time in the future… after events that changed our world, a silent political Party of Trees is formed. Not to rule the world or make laws for the economic profit of selected individuals but to advise, feed and protect all species of this earth.
-With their heads high in the sky they stood for the rights and duties of all beings, and the natural patterns of life and death. Rights that every living creature deserves equally. Duties that many of them performed already, but were made to do even more or live in poverty or even to hide their existence by the dominant species.
+With their heads high in the sky they stand for the rights and duties of all beings, and the natural patterns of life and death. Rights that every living creature deserves equally. Duties that many of them perform already.
-The silent political Party of Trees was formed from Arboreal persons chosen to represent every aspect they stood for:
+The silent political Party of Trees is formed by Arboreal Persons chosen to represent every aspect they stand for:
   * love and beauty
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   * symbiosis…
-Chosen trees understood the importance of their engagement and the responsibilities that they would have to carry on their shoulders from one age to another. Their party was formed not out of boredom, fancy, or private ambition but pure necessity for this planet and the universe.
+The chosen trees understand the importance of their engagement and the responsibilities that they have to carry on their shoulders from one age to another. Their party is formed not out of boredom, fancy, or private ambition but pure necessity for this planet and the universe.
 Are we ready to allow and embrace the necessity?
-You can join the silent political Party of Trees by completing one of these walks and by listening to the stories thees trees are telling you.
+Any one of us can join the silent political Party of Trees by completing one of these walks and by listening to the stories the chosen trees are telling you.
-  ===Tree walk in Forêt de Soignes===
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-  in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]]
-  [[http://libarynth.org/_media/watermaal_bosvoorde_treewalk.png|Link to map]]
+===Tree walk in Forêt de Soignes===
+in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]]
+{{:forestwalk_map.png?200|}}
+Start: Entrance Drève du Comte/Graafdreef, Enfants Noyés/Verdronken Kinderen, next to the former Hippodrome, Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde; walk down to the water
+Accessibility: You can take the tram 94 from Louisa (direction Musée du Tram), get off at Coccinnelles/Lieveheersbeestjes and just cross the road; you can also access by car and leave it on the parking space near Drève du Comte
+A little introduction
+During this walk you will meet the trees who gave birth to the Silent Political Party of Trees. These trees are part of the Forêt de Soignes/Zoniënwoud, the only forest in Belgium that has always been forest. Even if the forest has been totally replanted by Jacques Zinner in the 18th century with the beeches we know and the large lanes, the ground that feeds these trees has never been manipulated. The soil as such is turned into a delicate archive open to scientific research.
+The trees that belong to this forest enjoy exclusive rights compared to other trees in the Brussels' region. They are part of 'Natura 2020', a European environmental protection program that wants to garantee a green corridor in Europe for all kind of species to travel to more comfortable places now climate changes force them to do so. In most parts of this side of the forest, trees have such privileges that humans are not allowed anymore to approach them, climb them, go near them. It made them think of their fellow collaegues and the solidarity that is inherent of their struggle for survival made them decide to found the silent Political Party of Trees.
+The first idea they whispered in their leaves was to consider them as 'arboreal persona', a legal entity equal to natural persona, organisations, companies.
+You can read more on the construction of the arboreal persona [[http://libarynth.org/parn/arboreal_identity|here]].
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-When you walk down the Drève du Comte from the parking space, you find a beautiful oak at your left hand side, just before taking to path that leads you to the field with picnic tables.
+At the beginning of Sentier des Endymions/Boshyacintenvoetpad, you find a beautiful oak surrounded by beeches.
+The best way to listen to the oak, is to stand against it, touching its strong scarred skin.
  ** * Oak**
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 **  * Vlier, Elder, Sambucus**
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 Please meet the pharmacist of the forest.
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   *** Hazelnut, hazelnoot, corylus**
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 Please meet the witch of the forest.