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 ===Tree walk in Forêt de Soignes===
-in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]]
+created in collaboration with Z33 and Heath Bunting and performed in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]] in April 2013
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+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.
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